A Study of Left Ventricle Diastolic Dysfunction in Hypertensive Patients using Echocardiography

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess the diastolic dysfunction in hypertention patients. The study was conducted in Omdurman military hospital. 50 patients (28 males and 22 females) with known history of hypertention were enrolled in the study. All patients were scanned with ultrasound machine using linear high frequency transducer (7.5-10 MHz). The results of this study showed that diastolic dysfunction was present in 45 (90 %) of the patients. Diastolic dysfunction was more common among female (95.8%) compared to male (84.6%). The prevalence of diastolic dysfunction increased with longer duration of hypertention , age and presence of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH). The findings of this study indicate that myocardial damage in patients hypertntion with affects diastolic dysfunction before systolic function. Doppler echocardiography is one of the most useful clinical tools for the assessment of left ventricular diastolic function.