Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Adham Abdeltawab

Publications

• Research Article
  Relation of RV Function to Presence and Degree of Systemic Hypertension
  Author(s): Adham Abdeltawab, Inas Eweda, Ahmad Elsayed Mostafa, Peter Demian and Omar AwwadAdham Abdeltawab, Inas Eweda, Ahmad Elsayed Mostafa, Peter Demian and Omar Awwad
  
  Hypertension is an important non-communicable disease in Africa. It is the most important cardiovascular risk factor. The effect of hypertension on left ventricle has been documented for long time, but sparse and consistent evidence shows an impact of hypertension on the right ventricle. The RV can be studied with many imaging and functional modalities. In clinical practice, echocardiography is the mainstay of evaluation of RV structure and function. Aim of this study was to analyze impact of presence and severity of systemic arterial hypertension (HTN) on right ventricular function measured by tissue Doppler echocardiography. For this aim we included sixty consecutive patients from outpatient clinics and thirty healthy age and sex matched individuals and made a full 2D and tissue doppler study for the RV and compared results for non-hypertensives, stage 1 and stage 2 hypertensives. D.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000306

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