Prevalence of echocardiographic left atrial enlargement among hypertensive Nigerian subjects

AA Akintunde - African Health Sciences, 2022 - ajol.info
Background: Left atrial enlargement (LAE) predispose to arrhythmias, atrial thrombogenesis
and cardioembolic stroke. Whether LAE constitute a major risk among African hypertensive …

Early myocardial changes in normotensive children of hypertensive parents: a tissue Doppler study

P Kosger, G Ozdemir, A Yildirim, B Ucar… - Hypertension Research, 2018 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to examine early left ventricular systolic and diastolic changes
using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in normotensive children of hypertensive parents …

Cardiomyopathies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Hypertensive Heart Disease (Cardiomyopathy), Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and HIV-Associated Cardiomyopathy

OS Ogah, AO Falase - Cardiomyopathies-Types and treatment …, 2017 - books.google.com
Cardiomyopathy is an important cause of cardiac-related morbidity and mortality in sub-
Saharan Africa. Dilated cardiomyopathy is responsible for 20–30% of adult heart failure (HF) …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalencia de disfunción diastólica ventricular izquierda en pacientes que acuden a la consulta de cardiología del Hospital Homero Castanier Crespo

JJG Ordoñez, JPG Ortega, REO Benavides… - Revista …, 2019 - redalyc.org
Introducción: la hipertensión arterial (HTA) tiene una alta prevalencia a nivel mundial y se
posiciona como el principal factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de enfermedades …

Frequency of Diastolic Dysfunction in Hypertensive Patients by Echocardiography

AU Bashir, H Raffat, SM Zainab, A Khalid… - Journal of Health and …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: Echocardiography is often the imaging modality of choice in hypertensive
patients with diastolic dysfunction. Diastolic dysfunction may be exacerbated during …

Diastolic function parameters in normotensive offspring of hypertensive Nigerians: Comparison with age-matched control

CO Iruolagbe, EJ Ogbemudia… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Systemic hypertension is associated with left ventricular systolic and diastolic
dysfunction (LVD). Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is present in over 25% of …