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Correlation Between Left Ventricular Structural And Functional Changes And Coronary Artery Disease In Hypertensive Patients (Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Study), Asmaa M. Nour, Mohamed S. Abd Elsalam, Mohamed B. Khedrawy, Ahmed El Tayeb
Correlation Between Left Ventricular Structural And Functional Changes And Coronary Artery Disease In Hypertensive Patients (Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Study), Asmaa M. Nour, Mohamed S. Abd Elsalam, Mohamed B. Khedrawy, Ahmed El Tayeb
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background: Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Spot echocardiography is a sensitive, noninvasive method to detect early regional and global myocardial dysfunction that cannot be detected with traditional 2D echocardiography visualization.
Aim: To evaluate the association between structural and functional changes in the left ventricle and the burden of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients using speckle-traced echocardiography.
Patients and Methods: 60 patients underwent elective coronary angiography, all hypertensive and consented to spot-trace echocardiography. They were recruited from the catheterization unit of the Department of Cardiology at Al-Azhar University Hospital.
Results: There is a statistically …