[Diastolic filling of the left ventricle in relation to the degree of its hypertrophy in patients with ischemic heart disease].

The features of diastolic filling of the left ventricle (LV) were examined in relation to the nature of its hypertrophy in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). A total of 110 male patients with CHD concurrent with essential hypertension or without it who underwent contrast ventriculography in order to determine LV diastolic stiffness. Radionuclide ventriculography was performed in 49 patients at rest and during exercise. The CHD patients with moderate LV concentric hypertrophy had more adequate LV diastolic filling in the presence of concurrent essential hypertension. Abnormal diastolic filling was more pronounced in CHD patients without hypertrophy or its eccentric development than in those without essential hypertension.