Evaluation of Myocardial Stiffness in Hypertensive Patients by Intrinsic Wave Propagation of the Myocardial Stretch

The objective of the study was to evaluate myocardial stiffness in hypertensive patients by measuring the intrinsic velocity propagation (IVP) of the myocardial stretch and to explore the correlation between IVP and cardiac systolic and diastolic functions. Eighty-one hypertensive patients and 53 healthy patients were prospectively enrolled in this study. IVP was measured using high-frame rate tissue Doppler (350 −450 frames per second). IVP was significantly higher in hypertensive patients than in the control group (1.53 ± 0.39 m/s vs.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - July 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Jun Zhang, Youbin Deng, Qiaoying Tang, Jie Sun, Lingying Huang, Pengfei Song, Xiaojun Bi Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research