SANTANA TELLEZ, Tomás Noel; RODRIGUEZ ACOSTA, Regino; MONTEAGUDO CANTO, Alina    DEL AGUILA GRANDEZ, Angie. Anatomicofunctional modifications of the left ventricle in hypertensive patients. []. , 15, 1, pp. 1-10. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: hypertension is associated to structural changes of the cardiovascular apparatus that are useful for becoming adapted to the functioning of a high-tension environment that contributes to a disproportional growth of its compartments, which is denominated remodeling. Objective: to characterize anatomical modifications of the left ventricle in hypertensive patients. Method: a descriptive study was conducted in one hundred fourteen hypertensive patients attended in the specialized consultation of arterial hypertension, created to the effect, at the Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech of Camagüey, during the year 2007. Results: the majority of studied patients had between 36 and 55 years. The geometric pattern mostly observed was the normal one. The rate of hypertension of the left ventricle was bigger than 25%. A bigger affectation of the left ventricle was observed as the age is increased; greater is the time of evolution and the severity of the disease. Conclusions: hypertension is accompanied of anatomical modifications of the left ventricle, which depend on the severity and on the time of evolution.

: HEART VENTRICLES [anatomy histology]; HYPERTENSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAFHY; HYPERTROPHY, EFT VENTRICULAR; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE.

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