Hypertension

Recent findings in hypertension described by G. Cioffi and colleagues

Published in Medical Imaging Week, July 19th, 2008

" Left atrial systolic force (LASF) is a measure of atrial systolic function applied both inpatients with systemic arterial hypertension and aortic valve disease. Design and methods The method used for assessing LASF was described by Manning in 1993," investigators in Trento, Italy report.

"It assumes a constant circular area for estimating the mitral orifice and measures peak atrial velocity of transmitral flow. Using this approach, several authors showed a positive association between LASF and left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. Recently, we proposed another approach measuring atrial velocity at the level of the mitral orifice and calculating...

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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2008-07-19)

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