Features of cardiac remodeling in patients with hypertension of different ethnic groups

• Main Authors: E A Abramov, V A Nevzorova, N I Repina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IP Morozov P.V. 2016
• Subjects: essential hypertension; left ventricular hypertrophy; left ventricular remodeling; index of left ventricular mass; Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; RC666-701; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/07209f7af334409db6688ee959213348

Objective. To study the features of different types of left ventricles (LV) geometry in patients with essential hypertension (EH) of different ethnic groups. Materials and methods. We examined 180 patients, residents of the Sakhalin Region, with 1-3 degree arterial hypertension, including 88 patients of Korean ethnicity aged from 45 to 63 years (mean age - 59.2±0.86 years) and 92 patients of Slavic ethnicity in age from 43 to 64 years (mean age - 58.2±0.93 years). LV structural and functional characteristics were studied by means of echocardiography with Doppler analysis on the ultrasonic system Acuson X300 (HP, USA). Results. The results of assessment of different types of LV geometry revealed the following differences: prevalence of the LV concentric remodeling was higher in patients with EH of Korean ethnicity (21.5% versus 13% among the Slavs, p=0.04). Conclusion. The study of the structural characteristics of left ventricular in patients with hypertension, residents of the Sakhalin Region, revealed that concentric remodeling and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy are the main types of LV geometry in hypertensive patients of both ethnic groups. However, concentric LV remodeling was more often detected in patients with hypertension of Korean ethnicity.