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Systolic Time Ratio Measured by Impedance Cardiography Accurately Screens Left ...
Nazário Leão, R; Marques da Silva, P; Branco, LM; Fonseca, H; Bento, B; Alves, M; Virella, D; Palma Reis, RBACKGROUND: The use of impedance cardiography (ICG) may play a role in the assessment of cardiac effects of hypertension (HT), especially its hemodynamic features. Hypertensive heart disease involves structural changes and alterations in left ventricular geometry that end up causing systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction. The IMPEDDANS study aims to assess the usefulness of ICG for the screening of left ventricu...
Diastolic Dysfunction in Hypertension
Nazário Leão, R; Marques da Silva, PHypertension and coronary heart disease, often coexisting, are the most common risk factors for heart failure. The progression of hypertensive heart disease involves myocardial fibrosis and alterations in the left ventricular geometry that precede the functional change, initially asymptomatic. The left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is part of this continuum being defined by the presence of left ventricular ...