Left-atrial wall thickening may be an important-response in systemic hypertension as well as left-ventricular hypertrophy and more remarkable than left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction and left-atrial enlargement

Hiroyuki Takaoka; Nobusada Funabashi; Maiko Takahashi; Yuko Uchimura; Akinori Sairaku; Yoshio Kobayashi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.232

Left-atrial wall thickening may be an important-response in systemic hypertension as well as left-ventricular hypertrophy and more remarkable than left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction and left-atrial enlargement

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 20;168(1):598-600. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.232. Epub 2013 Feb 26.

Authors

Hiroyuki Takaoka¹, Nobusada Funabashi, Maiko Takahashi, Yuko Uchimura, Akinori Sairaku, Yoshio Kobayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.

PMID: 23452886
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.232

No abstract available

Keywords: Left; Left atrial enlargement; Left atrial wall thickening; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Systemic hypertension; Ventricular diastolic dysfunction.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Heart Atria / pathology*
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Hypertension / epidemiology
Hypertension / physiopathology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / epidemiology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / epidemiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology