Table 2 Echocardiographic data of patients with primary aldosteronism and essential hypertension
Primary aldosteronism | Essential hypertension | ||
|---|---|---|---|
(n=100) | (n=100) | P-value | |
Left ventricular geometric and systolic function parameters | |||
LV end-diastolic diameter (mm) | 51.3±3.8 | 50.3±5.4 | 0.17 |
LV end-systolic diameter (mm) | 32.7±3.2 | 32.2±4.8 | 0.32 |
LV end-diastolic volume (ml) | 126±21 | 122±31 | 0.27 |
LV end-systolic volume (ml) | 44±11 | 43±17 | 0.64 |
LV ejection fraction (%) | 65.6±4.6 | 65.5±5.8 | 0.94 |
Interventricular septum (mm) | 10.8±1.9 | 10.8±1.5 | 0.86 |
LV posterior wall (mm) | 10.2±1.6 | 10.3±1.4 | 0.60 |
LV mass (g) | 206±58 | 204±67 | 0.83 |
LV mass index (g m−2) | 114±27 | 111±32 | 0.44 |
Relative wall thickness | 0.40±0.06 | 0.41±0.05 | 0.10 |
Patterns of adaptive LV remodeling | |||
Normal LV (n, %) | 37, 37 | 42, 42 | 0.38 |
LV concentric remodeling (n, %) | 5, 5 | 9, 9 | 0.27 |
LV concentric hypertrophy (n, %) | 25, 25 | 27, 27 | 0.90 |
LV eccentric hypertrophy (n, %) | 33, 33 | 22, 22 | 0.11 |
Left ventricular diastolic function parameters | |||
Left atrial volume index (ml m−2) | 23.0±5.8 | 21.1±5.5 | 0.02 |
Early:late-wave ratio | 1.06±0.38 | 1.06±0.42 | 0.95 |
Early wave deceleration time (ms) | 204±46 | 215±47 | 0.10 |
IVRT (ms) | 102±23 | 105±24 | 0.28 |
e′ (cm s−1) | 5.8±1.9 | 6.6±2.1 | 0.004 |
E/e′ | 13.5±4.3 | 11.9±3.3 | 0.005 |
