Key result
Advanced imaging techniques, including speckle tracking, CMR, and PET-CT, provide a comprehensive evaluation of morphological and functional cardiovascular damage induced by arterial hypertension.
Why the study?
Arterial hypertension causes diverse morphological, functional, and tissue modifications, and advanced imaging tools can identify cardiovascular injury across disease stages to guide timely management.
Do advanced imaging techniques improve the identification of cardiovascular injury in patients with arterial hypertension?
Do advanced imaging techniques improve the identification of cardiovascular injury in patients with arterial hypertension?
Advanced multi-modality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of morphological and functional cardiovascular damage induced by arterial hypertension.
Advanced imaging may detect subclinical hypertensive heart damage; leaves open whether routine use improves outcomes or management.
Arterial hypertension represents a systemic burden, and it is responsible of various morphological, functional and tissue modifications affecting the heart and the cardiovascular system. Advanced imaging techniques, such as speckle tracking and three-dimensional echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, computed tomography and PET-computed tomography, are able to identify cardiovascular injury at different stages of arterial hypertension, from subclinical alterations and overt organ damage to possible complications related to pressure overload, thus giving a precious contribution for guiding timely and appropriate management and therapy, in order to improve diagnostic accuracy and prevent disease progression. The present review focuses on the peculiarity of different advanced imaging tools to provide information about different and multiple morphological and functional aspects involved in hypertensive cardiovascular injury. This evaluation emphasizes the usefulness of the emerging multiimaging approach for a comprehensive overview of arterial hypertension induced cardiovascular damage.
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A 2021 study conducted a review in Arterial hypertension. Advanced imaging techniques (speckle tracking, 3D echocardiography, CMR, CT, PET-CT) was evaluated. Advanced imaging techniques, including speckle tracking, CMR, and PET-CT, provide a comprehensive evaluation of morphological and functional cardiovascular damage induced by arterial hypertension.
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