In pressure overload left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, gender-related differences in global LV systolic function have been previously reported. The goal of this study was to determine regional systolic function of the left ventricle in male and female patients with hypertensive heart disease.
Heart Center, City Hospital Triemli, Birmensdorferstrasse 497, 8063 Zürich, and Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. juergen.frielingsdorf@triemli.stzh.ch
