Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgão oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
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Comparative Study
[A pulsed Doppler study of left atrial and ventricular inflow in 2 populations of normotensive and hypertensive subjects].
Comparative analysis of left atrial and left ventricle Doppler inflow patterns in patients with essential systemic mild to moderate hypertension and normal global left ventricular systolic function. ⋯ Pulsed Doppler study of pulmonary venous flow is significantly abnormal in patients with arterial hypertension. This abnormal pulmonary venous flow pattern has a close relationship with structural and functional alterations of the left ventricle. Combined analysis of the pulsed Doppler inflow at these two cardiac anatomical levels is fundamental to understand the pathophysiology of hypertensive heart disease.