In patients presented with hypertensive crisis, the echo indices of E/A ratio and E/Em ratio of tissue Doppler are significantly higher in patients with hypertensive emergency compared to hypertensive urgency. The left ventricle hypertrophy on ECG, high LV mass index of >125 gm/m(2), BMI > 30, old age > 60 year, male gender and history of hypertension and stroke were positive predictors of poor outcome and end organ damage.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- heart rate
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary hypertension
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance
- blood flow
- atrial fibrillation
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- mental health
- coronary artery
- computed tomography
- pulmonary arterial hypertension