TY - JOUR
AU1 - Tissera, G.
AU2 - Piskorz, Daniel
AU3 - Citta, L.
AU4 - Citta, N.
AU5 - Citta, P.
AU6 - Keller, L.
AU7 - Bongarzoni, L.
AU8 - Mata, L.
AU9 - Tommasi, A.
AB - High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev (2016) 23:373–380 DOI 10.1007/s40292-016-0167-y ORIGINAL ARTICLE Morphologic and Functional Heart Abnormalities Associated to High Modified Tei Index in Hypertensive Patients 1 2,3 2 2 2 2 • • • • • • G. Tissera Daniel Piskorz L. Citta N. Citta P. Citta L. Keller 2 2 3 • • L. Bongarzoni L. Mata A. Tommasi Received: 21 June 2016 / Accepted: 5 September 2016 / Published online: 13 September 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Abstract (14.3 %) controls; 64 p (72.7 %) HBP without LVH; and Introduction LV dysfunction develops early in hyperten- 15 p (78.9 %) HBP with LVH (p \ 0.0009). Tissue Dop- sion, even previously to left ventricular remodeling. pler’s wave was 8.4 ± 0.9 cm/s in controls; 8 ± 1.6 cm/s Aims To determine the frequency of morphologic and in HBP without LVH and 7.8 ± 1.1 cm/s in HBP with functional heart abnormalities associated to abnormal LVH. modified Tei Index in untreated hypertensive (HBP) Conclusions (1) Left ventricular dysfunction is frequent in patients (p) with preserved ejection fraction (pEF). HBP p, even without LVH; (2) modified tissue Doppler Tei Methods Case–control study. Three groups: (1) HBP index is 
TI - Morphologic and Functional Heart Abnormalities Associated to High Modified Tei Index in Hypertensive Patients
JF - High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention
DO - 10.1007/s40292-016-0167-y
DA - 2016-09-13
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/morphologic-and-functional-heart-abnormalities-associated-to-high-10utTOGKP5
SP - 373
EP - 380
VL - 23
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -