Correlation between carotid atherosclerosis and left ventricular remodeling analyzed by echo tracking technique in essential hypertension patients
Wu Shixiu
Lyu Fengju
Li Jie
Jia Huigang
Li Jin'e
Lu Hong
Cui Linling
Abstract：Objective To investigate the relation between carotid atherosclerosis and left ventricular remodeling in essential hypertension patients using the echo tracking technique.Methods Totally 90 essential hypertension patients were enrolled in this study.No patients had carotid plaques.Echocardiography was performed.Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDd),left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVEDs),left ventricular posterior wall thickness (LVPW) and interventricular septum thickness (IVS) were measured and left ventricular myocardial weight index (LVMI) was calculated.Patients were divided into two groups based on LVMI:patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH group,31 cases) and patients without left ventricular hypertrophy (NLYH group,59 cases).Echo tracking imaging was performed to evaluate the carotid arteriosclerosis of the patients and the following parameters were measured:coefficient of elastic (Ep),hardening degree (β),compliance (AC),enlargement coefficient (AI),pulse wave conduction velocity (PWVβ).Results There were significant differences in β,Ep,AC and PWVβ between patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and patients without left ventricular hypertrophy (P ＜ 0.05).LVMI was highly dependent on β,Ep and AC (r =0.683,0.556,-0.706 respectively,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Left ventricular remodeling is significantly correlated with carotid atherosclerosis in essential hypertension patients.Echo tracking technique is valuable in evaluation of organ damage for essential hypertension patients.
Keywords：Carotid atherosclerosisEcho trackingEssential hypertensionLeft ventricular remodeling
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1430-1432 )