Asymmetric hypertrophy of the myocardium in patients with hypertension (echocardiographic data)
Smolenskiĭ, A.V.
Kardiologiia 23(2): 69-73
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 6221140 Document Number: 216741
This paper is devoted to the diagnosis of asymmetrical hypertrophy of the ventricular septum in patients with hypertensive disease with the aid of echocardiography. Asymmetrical hypertrophy of the ventricular septum comprised 4-5% of cases. The contractile function of the myocardium in this group of patients remains normal for a long time, while the dilatation is affected. The nitroglycerin test permits to elicit functional signs of obstruction to the outflow tract of the left ventricle in patients with asymmetrical hypertrophy of the ventricular septum.