[Left ventricular geometry in inhabitants of Tallinn (an echocardiographic population study)].

Echocardiography was performed in 325 men and 398 women in the framework of a population survey of inhabitants of Tallinn aged 35 to 59 years in 1999-2001. Left ventricular geometry was analyzed according to generally recognized four types. Prevalence of concentric hypertrophy was similar in men and women (7.

[QT interval dispersion and hypertension in different variants of left ventricular geometry (population study)].

Aim: To assess relationship between QT dispersion, hypertension, and different variants of left ventricular geometry (concentric or eccentric hypertrophy, concentric remodeling).

Material And Methods: Blood pressure measurement, electro- and echocardiography were used in the study of a random sample of Tallinn population (321 men and 396 women) aged 35-59 years. Corrected QT dispersion (QT(c)D) equal to or exceeding 70 ms was considered increased.

[Myocardial mass and geometry in population study of women in Tallinn (echocardiography data)].

In a framework of a population study in Tallinn triple blood pressure measurements, electro- and echocardiography were carried out in 398 women (82.6% of all participants) aged 35-59. Left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass >or=198 g, left ventricular mass/height ratio >or=121 g/m, left ventricular mass/body surface area ratio >or=120 g/m2) was found in 43% of these women.