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- Title
Correlates of myocardial oxygen demand measured by positron emission tomography in the hypertrophied left ventricle
- Authors
Akinboboye, Olakunle O.; Reichek, Nathaniel; Bergmann, Steven R.; Chou, Ru-Ling
- Abstract
: BackgroundThe aim of this study was to identify the best correlate of myocardial oxygen demand (MVO2) in patients with hypertension induced left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and to examine whether relationships between these surrogates and MVO2 differed between patients with LVH and control subjects.: MethodsWe measured MVO2 by positron emission tomography using carbon-11 acetate in 20 patients and 10 normotensive control subjects, and compared the relationships between commonly used surrogates and MVO2.: ResultsWith the exception of diastolic blood pressure, the same variables correlated with resting MVO2 in the patients and control subjects.: ConclusionThe best correlate of resting MVO2 in the patients with hypertension induced LVH was the stress–mass–heart rate product.
- Subjects
LEFT heart ventricle; MYOCARDIAL depressants
- Publication
American Journal of Hypertension, 2003, Vol 16, Issue 3, p240
- ISSN
0895-7061
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0895-7061(02)03252-1