Relationship Between Nt-Probnp and Left Ventricular Dysfunction in a Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Population: PP.1.25

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performed by the same operator. 119 pts were men and represent the 54% of pts with HF with pEF and the 71% of pts with HF with rEF. Average age was 70 AE 10 years (28-98) without significative differences in pts with or without pEF. HF ethiopathogenesis was due to hypertension in 95% of pts with pEF and 67% in pts with rEF.Concentric remodelling is the geometric pattern prevalent in pts with pEF whereas eccentric hypertrophy is more common among pts with rEF. If we analyse echocardiographic data in each different geometric pattern group, we find that in pts with normal geometry, DT is significantly reduced if EF<50 (0,22 AE 0,05 vs 0,16 AE 0,06, p < 0.05).We obtained similar results also when using RWT>0.42 as pathologic cut off value.Conclusions: Even if pts with pEF is mostly NYHA 0 or I in comparison to pts with rEF (mostly in NYHA II or III), they came from the same population of pts discharged from hospital with diagnosis of acute HF. These two different kinds of pts show a different echocardiographic geometric pattern.