Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Hypertensive Patients Under Different Hemodynamic Conditions: Comparative Study Between Transmitral and Tissue Doppler Echocardiography

To evaluate the behavior of LV diastolic displacement velocities of basal posterior septum near mitral ring segment obtained by tissue Doppler in relation to mitral fl ow velocities of hypertensive subjects, submitted to preload increase by left inferior limbs elevation for 5 minutes, and during 1 minute of handgrip (conditions 1 and 2, respectively). METHODS Twenty fi ve outpatients (15 men, 52±11 years), with arterial hypertension> 3 years, by the transmitral fl ow Doppler variables: E, A and E/A, and of tissue Doppler: E’, A ’ and E’/A’, in basal situation and in conditions 1 and 2. For comparison of results in basal situation with conditions 1 and 2 a paired t test was applied. RESULT