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ArticlePloS one2017

Left ventricular functional, structural and energetic effects of normal aging: Comparison with hypertension.

Jehill D Parikh, Kieren G Hollingsworth, Dorothy Wallace, Andrew M Blamire, Guy A MacGowan

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jehill D ParikhInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Kieren G HollingsworthInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Dorothy WallaceInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Andrew M BlamireInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Guy A MacGowanCentre for In Vivo Imaging, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2685-4165
Newcastle University · GBFreeman Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/11/89/29162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesBoth aging and hypertension are significant risk factors for heart failure in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine how aging, with and without hypertension, affects left ventricular function.

methodsCross-sectional study of magnetic resonance imaging and 31P spectroscopy-based measurements of left ventricular structure, global function, strains, pulse wave velocity, high energy phosphate metabolism in 48 normal subjects and 40 treated hypertensive patients (though no other cardiovascular disease or diabetes) stratified into 3 age deciles from 50-79 years.

resultsNormal aging was associated with significant increases in systolic blood pressure, vascular stiffness, torsion, and impaired diastolic function (all P<0.05). Age-matched hypertension exacerbated the effects of aging on systolic pressure, and diastolic function. Hypertension alone, and not aging, was associated with increased left ventricular mass index, reduced energetic reserve, reduced longitudinal shortening and increased endocardial circumferential shortening (all P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that these unique hypertensive features were significantly related to systolic blood pressure (P<0.05).

conclusions1) Hypertension adds to the age-related changes in systolic blood pressure and diastolic function; 2) hypertension is uniquely associated with changes in several aspects of left ventricular structure, function, systolic strains, and energetics; and 3) these uniquely hypertensive-associated parameters are related to the level of systolic blood pressure and so are potentially modifiable.

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AgedAgingBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesDiastoleEchocardiographyFemaleHeart VentriclesHumansHypertensionLinear ModelsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPulse Wave AnalysisSystole

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PMID28493996
PMCPMC5426746
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