hypertensive heart disease

Etiology

• chronic hypertension

Pathology

• left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

Diagnostic procedures

• electrocardigram:
  • left ventricular hypertrophy
  • left atrial enlargment
• echocardiography
  • diastolic dysfunction
  • preserved LV ejection fraction

Complications

• diastolic heart failure
• atrial fibrillation due to left atrial enlargement

Management

• treat chronic hypertension
• see left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

More general terms

• heart disease (cardiac disease)
• complication of chronic hypertension