Impact of antihypertensive treatment on myocardial mechanics in elderly hypertensive patients with different left ventricular geometry patterns: a two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension can cause left ventricular remodeling, and the degree of myocardial mechanical damage is different in patients with different geometries. Antihypertensive treatment can improve myocardial mechanics, but the improvement in myocardial mechanics in hypertensive patients with different geometries is not clear. This study aimed to assess the impact of antihypertensive therapy on myocardial mechanics in elderly patients diagnosed with primary hypertension, considering diverse left ventricular geometry patterns.

Methods

This study conducted a retrospective cohort analysis by randomly selecting 221 elderly patients diagnosed with primary hypertension from the outpatient department of Bethune Hospital in Shanxi Province, between January and June 2017. In this

SUBMITTER: Kang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11948423 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature