Echocardiographic evaluations were performed in 74 hypertensive patients and 55 age-matched control subjects.
Longitudinal strain was significantly reduced in the hypertrophy groups compared with that in control subjects (concentric, ?5.1 ¡À 4.0 % ; eccentric, ?5.9 ¡À 4.4 % ; control, ?8.9 ¡À 3.3 % ; P < .05). Conversely, radial strain was significantly higher in the normal geometry group than in control subjects (53.8 ¡À 19.4 % vs 40.3 ¡À 15.1 % , P < .05). However, this augmentation was attenuated in the other geometries.
Hypertrophic remodeling attenuates compensatory augmentation of radial systolic function and is associated with latent longitudinal systolic dysfunction.