Relationship between Tei index of myocardial performance and left ventricular geometry in Nigerians with systemic hypertension.

Introduction: Left ventricular geometry is associated with cardiovascular events and prognosis. The Tei index of myocardial performance is a combined index of systolic and diastolic dysfunction and has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular outcome in heart diseases. The relationship between the Tei index and left ventricular geometry has not been well studied.

Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in newly diagnosed Nigerians with systemic hypertension: a pulsed wave Doppler echocardiographic study.

Background: Systemic hypertension is a common cause of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. However, its prevalence in Nigerians with untreated systemic hypertension is unknown.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in newly diagnosed Nigerians with systemic hypertension using Doppler transmitral inflow and pulmonary venous flow velocities.

Left ventricular hypertrophy, geometric patterns and clinical correlates among treated hypertensive Nigerians.

Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy can be due to various reasons including hypertension. It constitutes an increased cardiovascular risk. Various left ventricular geometric patterns occur in hypertension and may affect the cardiovascular risk profile of hypertensive subjects.

Metabolic syndrome: comparison of occurrence using three definitions in hypertensive patients.

Objective: To compare the frequency of occurrence of metabolic syndrome using three international definitions and to study the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors among newly diagnosed hypertensive Nigerian subjects.

Design: Cross sectional study.

Settings: Cardiology unit of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria.

Electrocardiographic correlates of microalbuminuria in adult Nigerians with essential hypertension.

Microalbuminuria (MA) is a predictor of excess cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in non-diabetic hypertensive patients. This study evaluated the electrocardiographic correlates of MA in adult non-diabetic Nigerians with essential hypertension. Ninety-six newly diagnosed hypertensive patients who consented and met the inclusion criteria for the study were recruited.