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dc.contributor.author | AJAYI, A. A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | AKINTOMIDE, A. O. | - |
dc.contributor.author | BABALOLA, R. O. | - |
dc.contributor.author | AKINWUSI, O. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-09T11:11:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-09T11:11:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1995-03 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Afr. J. Med. med. Sci. (1995) 24(1): 27-31. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1116-4077 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/1927 | - |
dc.description | Article | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | It is not clear how frequently hypertrophic cardiomyopathy coexists with essential hypertension or whether chronic hypertension per se, induces hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). Eighty-three Nigerians with essential hypertension alone underwent M-mode and 2 dimensional echocardiography study. Twenty per cent (17 patients) had disproportionate intraventricular septal hypertrophy (septum: posterior wall ratio ≥ 1.4). These subgroups tended to be elderly, with an average age of 57.7 years, and were predominantly male (70%). Two patients in this subgroup (2.4% of the total) additionally had thickened posterior left ventricles and a hyperdynamic left ventricular systolic function (fractional fiber shortening of 45%). This picture is consistent with "hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy." Routine echocardiography may permit the early identification and, thus, a closer scrutiny and follow-up of essential hypertensive patients with disproportionate septal thickness. The prognostic implications of this requires long-term study. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | College of Medicine | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | SPECTRUM BOOKS LIMITED. | en_US |
dc.subject | Hypertension | en_US |
dc.subject | Hypertensive patients | en_US |
dc.subject | Echocardiography | en_US |
dc.subject | Nigerians | en_US |
dc.title | Disproportionate intraventricular septal hypertrophy in Nigerians with essential hypertension. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences |
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