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Electrocardiographic left atrial abnormalities and risk of incident stroke in hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy
Conclusion: Abnormal PTFV1, a marker of left atrial abnormality, was strongly associated with incident stroke in hypertensive patients, independent of in-treatment SBP and other predictors of incident stroke. This association, in the absence of detectable atrial fibrillation, suggests that an underlying atrial cardiopathy may cause left atrial thrombus formation and a subsequent stroke without intervening clinically recognized atrial fibrillation.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - August 5, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Heart Source Type: research

Mitral Annular Calcification and Incident Ischemic Stroke in Treated Hypertensive Patients: The LIFE study.
ConclusionsMAC is common in treated hypertensive patients with ECG LVH and is an independent predictor of incident ischemic stroke. PMID: 23391619 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Hypertension - February 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: De Marco M, Gerdts E, Casalnuovo G, Migliore T, Wachtell K, Boman K, Dahlöf B, Olsen MH, Kizer JR, Devereux RB, de Simone G Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research

Sex differences in atrial fibrillation and associated complications in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy: The LIFE study
CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with hypertension and LVH, females with new-onset atrial fibrillation had a higher risk of stroke than males, especially in patients above 64 years. However, the risk did not differ between the sexes among patients with a history of atrial fibrillation.PMID:37382177 | DOI:10.1093/ajh/hpad057
Source: American Journal of Hypertension - June 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Joshua B Feinberg Emil E Nielsen Sverre E Kjeldsen Richard B Devereux Eva Gerdts Kristian Wachtell Michael H Olsen Source Type: research

Left Ventricular Wall Stress-Mass-Heart Rate Product and Cardiovascular Events in Treated Hypertensive Patients: LIFE Study Clinical Trial
In the Losartan Intervention for End Point Reduction in Hypertension (LIFE) study, 4.8 years’ losartan- versus atenolol-based antihypertensive treatment reduced left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiovascular end points, including cardiovascular death and stroke. However, there was no difference in myocardial infarction (MI), possibly related to greater reduction in myocardial oxygen demand by atenolol-based treatment. Myocardial oxygen demand was assessed indirectly by the left ventricular massxwall stressxheart rate (triple product) in 905 LIFE participants. The triple product was included as time-varying covariate...
Source: Hypertension - October 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Devereux, R. B., Bang, C. N., Roman, M. J., Palmieri, V., Boman, K., Gerdts, E., Nieminen, M. S., Papademetriou, V., Wachtell, K., Hille, D. A., Dahlof, B. Tags: Hypertrophy, Other etiology Clinical Trial Source Type: research

Effects of Blood Pressure Lowering Agents on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Weight Excess Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
ConclusionsIn hypertensive subjects with excess weight, diuretics are more effective for preventing HF and stroke than CCB and ACEI, respectively. CCB are a good first-line choice for prevention of cardiovascular disease, except HF.
Source: American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs - January 2, 2020 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Systolic left ventricular function according to left ventricular concentricity and dilatation in hypertensive patients: the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study
Background:Left ventricular hypertrophy [LVH, high left ventricular mass (LVM)] is traditionally classified as concentric or eccentric based on left ventricular relative wall thickness. We evaluated left ventricular systolic function in a new four-group LVH classification based on left ventricular dilatation [high left ventricular end-diastolic volume (EDV) index and concentricity (LVM/EDV(2/3))] in hypertensive patients. Methods and results:Nine hundred thirty-nine participants in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) echocardiography substudy had measurable LVM at enrolment. Patients wit...
Source: Journal of Hypertension - September 11, 2013 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Heart Source Type: research

The effect of losartan therapy on ventricular function in Marfan patients with haploinsufficient or dominant negative FBN1 mutations.
CONCLUSION: Losartan therapy in haploinsufficient Marfan patients increases biventricular end diastolic volume and stroke volume, furthermore, losartan also appears to ameliorate biventricular filling properties. PMID: 27704402 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Netherlands Heart Journal - October 3, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: den Hartog AW, Franken R, van den Berg MP, Zwinderman AH, Timmermans J, Scholte AJ, de Waard V, Spijkerboer AM, Pals G, Mulder BJ, Groenink M Tags: Neth Heart J Source Type: research

Relationship of Sudden Cardiac Death to New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertensive Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Original Articles
Conclusions— Development of new-onset AF identifies hypertensive patients at increased risk of SCD. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00338260.
Source: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology - April 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Okin, P. M., Bang, C. N., Wachtell, K., Hille, D. A., Kjeldsen, S. E., Dahlof, B., Devereux, R. B. Tags: Clinical Studies, Arrhythmias, clinical electrophysiology, drugs, Epidemiology Original Articles Source Type: research