Assessment of the relationships between left ventricular filling pressures and longitudinal dysfunction with myocardial fibrosis in uncomplicated hypertensive patients

Carla Contaldi; Massimo Imbriaco; Gianmarco Alcidi; Andrea Ponsiglione; Ciro Santoro; Marta Puglia; Luigi Barbuto; Alberto Cuocolo; Bruno Trimarco; Maurizio Galderisi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.153

Assessment of the relationships between left ventricular filling pressures and longitudinal dysfunction with myocardial fibrosis in uncomplicated hypertensive patients

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 1:202:84-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.153. Epub 2015 Aug 25.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: mgalderi@unina.it.

PMID: 26397398
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.153

No abstract available

Keywords: Arterial hypertension; Diastolic dysfunction; Global longitudinal strain; Late gadolinium enhancement; Left ventricular filling pressure; Myocardial fibrosis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

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Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology*
Female
Fibrosis / complications
Fibrosis / diagnosis
Fibrosis / physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Hypertension / physiopathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Myocardium / pathology*
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Pressure / physiology*