Influence of white-coat hypertension on left ventricular deformation 2-and 3-dimensional speckle tracking study

M Tadic, C Cuspidi, B Ivanovic, I Ilic, V Celic… - …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
M Tadic, C Cuspidi, B Ivanovic, I Ilic, V Celic, V Kocijancic
Hypertension, 2016Am Heart Assoc
We sought to compare left ventricular deformation in subjects with white-coat hypertension
to normotensive and sustained hypertensive patients. This cross-sectional study included
139 untreated subjects who underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and
completed 2-and 3-dimensional examination. Two-dimensional left ventricular multilayer
strain analysis was also performed. White-coat hypertension was diagnosed if clinical blood
pressure was elevated and 24-hour blood pressure was normal. Our results showed that left …
We sought to compare left ventricular deformation in subjects with white-coat hypertension to normotensive and sustained hypertensive patients. This cross-sectional study included 139 untreated subjects who underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and completed 2- and 3-dimensional examination. Two-dimensional left ventricular multilayer strain analysis was also performed. White-coat hypertension was diagnosed if clinical blood pressure was elevated and 24-hour blood pressure was normal. Our results showed that left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential strains gradually decreased from normotensive controls across subjects with white-coat hypertension to sustained hypertensive group. Two- and 3-dimensional left ventricular radial strain, as well as 3-dimensional area strain, was not different between groups. Two-dimensional left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential strains of subendocardial and mid-myocardial layers gradually decreased from normotensive control to sustained hypertensive group. Longitudinal and circumferential strains of subepicardial layer did not differ between the observed groups. We concluded that white-coat hypertension significantly affects left ventricular deformation assessed by 2-dimensional traditional strain, multilayer strain, and 3-dimensional strain.
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