Hallazgos ecocardiográficos en población anciana. Influencia de la hipertensión arterial. Estudio EPICARDIAN / Echocardiographic Findings in an Elderly Population. Influence of Arterial Hypertension. The EPICARDIAN Study

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalenceof left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left ventriculardiastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in a group of elderly Spanishindividuals. Data were obtained on a subgroup of 371individuals from the Lista district of Madrid, Spain whowere taking part in the EPICARDIAN study. Inhypertensive subjects, the prevalence of LVH was51.8%–61.8%, that of LVDD was 86%, and that of LVSDwas 6.2%. In normotensive subjects, the prevalenceswere 14%–30% for LVH, 86% for LVDD, and 6% forLVSD. The isovolumic relaxation time was 115±33 ms inthe hypertensive group and 105±24 ms in thenormotensive group. In this study, the only factor thatdifferentiated between the diagnoses of LVDD due to ageand LVDD due to hypertension was a longer isovolumicrelaxation time (AU)