Abstract
Arterial hypertension may be associated with altered left ventricular filling dynamics. The specific goal of this study was to evaluate whether short-term administration of the ACE inhibitor lisinopril in hypertensive patients with an altered diastolic pattern induced an improvement of left ventricular dynamics, assessed by the echocardio-Doppler technique, independently of effects on left ventricular mass. In a double-blind cross- over study 39 essential hypertensive patients with a ratio of peak early to peak atrial velocity (E/A)
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 307-312 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Blood Pressure |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 5 |
Publication status | Published - Sep 1997 |
Keywords
- Diastolic dysfunction
- Echo-Doppler
- Hypertension
- Lisinopril
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine