Comparison of left atrial mechanical function in nondipper versus dipper hypertensive patients: A speckle tracking study

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-170

  Açar, Göksel ^a   Bulut, Mustafa ^a   Arslan, Kursat ^a   Alizade, Elnur ^a   Ozkan, Birol ^a   Alici, Gokhan ^a   Tanboga, Ibrahim Halil ^b   Yazicioǧlu, Mehmet Vefik ^a   Akcakoyun, Mustafa ^a   Esen, Ali Metin ^a  

^a Kartal Ko uyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

B mode echocardiography; hypertension; left atrium; strain strain rate

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIPPER HYPERTENSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONDIPPER HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84873739138     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12023     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Pickering TG,: The clinical significance of diurnal blood pressure variations. Dippers and nondippers. Circulation 1990; 81: 700-702.
2. Verdecchia P, Schillaci G, Guerrieri M, et al. Circadian blood pressure changes and left ventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension. Circulation 1990; 81: 528-536.
3. Balci B, Yilmaz O, Yesildag O,: The influence of ambulatory blood pressure profile on left ventricular geometry. Echocardiography 2004; 21: 7-10.
4. Ohkubo T, Imai Y, Tsuji I, et al. Relation between nocturnal decline in blood pressure and mortality. The Ohasama Study. Am J Hypertens 1997; 10: 1201-1207.
5. Shimada K, Kawamoto A, Matsubayahi K, et al. Diurnal blood pressure variations and silent cerebrovascular damage in elderly patients with hypertension. J Hypertens 1992; 10: 875-878.
6. Timio M, Venanzi S, Lolli S, et al. "Non-dipper" hypertensive patients and progressive renal insufficiency: A 3-year longitudinal study. Clin Nephrol 1995; 43: 382-387.
7. Seo HS, Kang TS, Park S, et al. Non-dippers are associated with adverse cardiac remodeling and dysfunction (R1). Int J Cardiol 2006; 112: 171-177.
8. Tigen K, Karaahmet T, Fotbolcu H, et al. The influence of dipper and nondipper blood pressure patterns on left ventricular functions in hypertensive patients: A tissue Doppler study. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 2009; 37: 101-106.
9. Soylu A, Duzenli MA, Yazici M, et al. The effect of nondipping blood pressure patterns on cardiac structural changes and left ventricular diastolic functions in normotensives. Echocardiography 2009; 26: 378-387.
10. Kumak F, Gungor H,: Comparison of the left atrial appendage flow velocities between patients with dipper versus nondipper hypertension. Echocardiography 2012; 29: 391-396.
11. Leung DY, Boyd A, Ng AA, et al. Echocardiographic evaluation of left atrial size and function: Current understanding, pathophysiologic correlates, and prognostic implications. Am Heart J 2008; 156: 1056-1064.
12. Aydin M, Ozeren A, Bilge M, et al. Effects of dipper and non-dipper status of essential hypertension on left atrial mechanical functions. Int J Cardiol 2004; 96: 419-424.
13. Devereux RB, Reichek N,: Echocardiographic determination of left ventricular mass in man. Anatomic validation of the method. Circulation 1977; 55: 613-618.
14. Nagueh SF, Appleton CP, Gillebert TC, et al. Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22: 107-133.
15. Cameli M, Lisi M, Focardi M, et al. Left atrial deformation analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes. Am J Cardiol 2012; 110: 264-269.
16. Park CS, An GH, Kim YW, et al. Evaluation of the relationship between circadian blood pressure variation and left atrial function using strain imaging. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2011; 19: 183-191.
17. Wakami K, Ohte N, Asada K, et al. Correlation between left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and peak left atrial wall strain during left ventricular systole. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22: 847-851.
18. Cameli M, Lisi M, Mondillo S, et al. Left atrial longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography correlates well with left ventricular filling pressures in patients with heart failure. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2010; 8: 14.
19. Barbier P, Solomon SB, Schiller NB, et al. Left atrial relaxation and left ventricular systolic function determine left atrial reservoir function. Circulation 1999; 100: 427-436.
20. Otani K, Takeuchi M, Kaku K, et al. Impact of diastolic dysfunction grade on left atrial mechanics assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010; 23: 961-967.
21. Thomas L, McKay T, Byth K, et al. Abnormalities of left atrial function after cardioversion: An atrial strain rate study. Heart 2007; 93: 89-95.
22. Pierdomenico SD, Lapenna D, Cuccurullo F,: Risk of atrial fibrillation in dipper and nondipper sustained hypertensive patients. Blood Press Monit 2008; 13: 193-197.
23. Amundsen BH, Helle-Valle T, Edvardsen T, et al. Noninvasive myocardial strain measurement by speckle tracking echocardiography: Validation against sonomicrometry and tagged magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 47: 789-793.