The effects of antihypertensive treatment on the doppler-derived myocardial performance index in patients with hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy: Results from the swedish irbesartan in left ventricular hypertrophy investigation versus atenolol (silvhia): Original investigations

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-758

  Liljedahl, Stefan ^a,b   Kahan, Thomas ^c   Lind, Lars ^a   Ärnlöv, Johan ^a,d,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Högskolan Dalarna ^*  (Sweden)

^e BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive treatment; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Myocardial performance index; Tei index

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; IRBESARTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATENOLOL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TETRAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749119968     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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