Relation between hypertension and systolic and diastolic left
ventricular function including segmental strain and strain rate
Michael Kornev, MD1,2; Hatice Akay Caglayan,
MD1,2; Alexander V Kudryavtsev,
PhD3,4; Sofia Malyutina MD, PhD5,6;
Andrew Ryabikov MD, PhD 5,6; Henrik Schirmer, MD,
PhD7.8; Assami Rösner MD, PhD1,2*
1Department of Cardiology, Division of Cardiothoracic
and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
2Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT Arctic
University of Norway, Norway
3International Research Competence Centre, Northern
State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia
4Department of Community Medicine, UiT Arctic
University of Norway, Norway
5 Research Institute of Internal and Preventive
Medicine, Branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian
Federation
6 Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russian
Ministry of Health, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russian Federation
7 Department of Cardiology, Akershus University
Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
8 Institute of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular
Research Group, Campus Ahus, University of Oslo, Norway