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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
The left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling rate has been reported to be reduced in hypertensive patients. To investigate the possible influence of altered LV diastolic function in hypertension on peripheral vascular regulation, hemodynamic measurements were obtained in 16 hypertensive patients in the resting supine position and during head-up tilt. The study population included seven men and nine women with an age range of 30 to 62 years (mean, 49.5 years +/- 10.6). Measurements included LV peak filling rate (+dv/dt), LV peak ejection rate (-dv/dt), LV ejection fraction, heart rate, total peripheral resistance, stroke volume, and cardiac index. Moreover, we calculated the ratio relating left ventricular filling rate to left ventricular ejection rate (+dv/dt/-dv/dt) because a complex interaction between ventricular contraction and relaxation is well recognized. We observed that in patients with slow diastolic filling rate (ratio +dv/dt/-dv/dt less than 0.9), the increase in total peripheral resistance in response to head-up tilt was less marked than in those with normal LV filling rate (+dv/dt/-dv/dt greater than or equal to 0.9), whereas changes in stroke volume during tilt were not statistically different between the two groups. Conversely, supine resting cardiac index and total peripheral resistance was not significantly different among groups. We conclude that abnormal diastolic filling is associated with abnormal cardiovascular adjustment to changes in body posture. We suggest that the altered response to head-up posture is related to decreased sensitivity of low pressure receptors in the cardiopulmonary area as a result of impaired LV diastolic function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
531-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of left ventricular diastolic function on vascular and humoral responses to head-up posture in hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Heart and Hypertension Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5069.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.