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Assessment of ascending aorta wall stiffness in hypertensive patients by tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography

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Why the study?

Does tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography detect differences in ascending aorta wall stiffness between hypertensive and healthy adults?

Population

190 adults, comprising 110 hypertensive patients and 80 healthy controls.

Comparison

Tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler… vs Healthy adults (control group).

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

AVAntonio VitarelliMater Dei Hospital MGM. GiordanoAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Lariana GGGiuseppe GermanòAzienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia

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Implication

May support tissue Doppler for aortic stiffness assessment in hypertension; hypothesis-generating for prognostic or therapeutic implications.

Structured PICO

Does tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography detect differences in ascending aorta wall stiffness between hypertensive and healthy adults?

Population

190 adults, comprising 110 hypertensive patients and 80 healthy controls.

Intervention

Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and strain Doppler echocardiography of the ascending aorta.

Comparator

Healthy adults (control group).

Outcome

Aortic function parameters including anterior wall aortic expansion velocity (S(Ao)), early (E(Ao)) and late (A(Ao)) diastolic retraction velocity, peak systolic radial strain (epsilon(Ao)), pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (Aix), aortic distensibility (D), and aortic stiffness index (SI).surrogate

Tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography can effectively differentiate aortic wall stiffness and compliance changes between hypertensive and healthy adults.

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Vitarelli et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e8b3eb06e944a47338d5a https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2010.198358

Topics

Hypertension management

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Implication

May support tissue Doppler for aortic stiffness assessment in hypertension; hypothesis-generating for prognostic or therapeutic implications.

Assessment of ascending aorta wall stiffness in hypertensive patients by tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Topics

Assessment of ascending aorta wall stiffness in hypertensive patients by tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler echocardiography

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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