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October 1, 2007Journal of Hypertension79 citations

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in elderly hypertensives: results of the APROS-diadys study

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Population

2,545 elderly hypertensives without systolic dysfunction attending hospital outpatient clinics, mean age…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

AZAlberto ZanchettiCCCesare CuspidiLCLisa Comarella

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Overview

Prevalence varies markedly by criteria in elderly hypertensives; leaves open standardization and prognostic validation of diastolic assessment.

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Population
2,545 elderly (age ≥ 65 years) hypertensives without systolic dysfunction (LVEF ≥ 45%) attending hospital outpatient clinics, mean age 70.3 years, 49.0% men, 95.4% under antihypertensive treatment.
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Outcome
Prevalence of echocardiographic signs of diastolic dysfunction according to primary criteria (E/A ratio < 0.7 or > 1.5 on echocardiographic Doppler examination)surrogate

Diastolic dysfunction is highly prevalent among elderly hypertensive patients with preserved systolic function, affecting approximately one-quarter to nearly half of this population depending on the echocardiographic criteria used.

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Zanchetti et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a74270dc142ebe13133f8b5https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0b013e3282eee9cf
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