Why the study?
Do adrenergic stimuli alter blood pressure responses and left ventricular diastolic function in young subjects with borderline arterial hypertension compared to controls?
Population
59 young subjects with borderline arterial hypertension and 10 sex- and age-matched controls (total n=69).
Comparison
Adrenergic stimuli vs Baseline conditions and normotensive controls
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Early LV diastolic changes may occur in young borderline hypertension; cross-sectional correlations leave open causality and need prospective validation.
Do adrenergic stimuli alter blood pressure responses and left ventricular diastolic function in young subjects with borderline arterial hypertension compared to controls?
Reduced compliance of the left ventricle may occur very early in the preclinical phase of hypertension, correlating with systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Covi et al. (1992) studied this question.
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