Speckle-Tracking Echocardiographic Layer-Specific Strain Analysis on Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Primary Aldosteronism
Author(s) -
Dian Wang,
Jianzhong Xu,
Xin Chen,
Yi Chen,
Shuai Shao,
Wei Zhang,
Limin Zhu,
TingYan Xu,
Yan Li,
JiGuang Wang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpy175
Subject(s) - primary aldosteronism , medicine , endocardium , aldosterone , cardiology , hyperaldosteronism , plasma renin activity , ejection fraction , speckle tracking echocardiography , renin–angiotensin system , endocrinology , heart failure , blood pressure
Primary aldosteronism (PA) may cause myocardial injury. We investigated myocardial dysfunction using speckle-tracking echocardiographic (STE) layer-specific strain in patients with PA.
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