Scintigraphic assessment of atrial function in patients with long-standing hypertension

Journal Article · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6747190

Marmor, A; Frankel, A; Blondeheim, D S; Satinger, A; Front, D

Right and left atrial funtion were assessed using Fourier analysis of gated radionuclide images in 14 normal subjects and 50 patients with long-standing essential hypertension. Slopes representing filling and early diastolic emptying were similar for both atria; however, early diastolic emptying of the left atrium was slowed markedly in the hypertensive group. The right ventricular ejection fraction was depressed in hypertensive patients compared with normal sujbects. These findings may be helpful in understanding the effect of hypertension on the left and right heart and could have prognostic and therapeutic implications.

• Research Organization: Rebecca Sieff Hospital, Zefat, Israel
• OSTI ID: 6747190
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 151:2; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
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BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
FOURIER ANALYSIS
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYPERTENSION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SYMPTOMS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
VASCULAR DISEASES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES