M-Mode echocardiography versus ECG and chest X ray in evaluating hypertensive cardiac changes and their response to treatment

ABSTRACT

Arterial hypertension is a very common disease in Egyptians. The left ventricle response to the chronic pressure overload by myocardial hypertrophy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of various diagnostic modalities in detecting this hypertrophy. Also the detect the response of myocardium to antihypertensive therapy. 75 patients were studied by M-mode echo-cardiography, chest X-ray and E.C.G. before and after treatment. The results proved that M-mode echocardiography is more sensitive than chest X-ray or E.C.G. in assessment of ventricular hypertrophy and in the follow-up response to therapy