Study of 200 hypertensive Sudanese patient’s echocardiography

This is a prospective cross-sectional hospital-based staudy was to assess the left ventricular change in hypertensive patients using Echocardiography, carried out in period from September 2020 to january 2022, the sample included 200 hypertensive patients who checked at the different Center at Khartoum city. A questionnaire is used to collect the data and to 200 patients. Data was analyzed by using SPSS, results was presented as tables and figures. The chi-square test and independent t-test were used with p≤ 0.05 considering significance. more than half of the patients (59%) were female and (41%) were male, the age ranged between 35–95 years with mean age of 61.3±11.6 in addition more one third of them 36%) aged between 60 – 69 years. The current study showed that most of the patients 87% had normal ejection fraction, severe decrease 9%, mild decrease3% and the least moderate decrease 1%. In the present study all of the included patients had LVH, most of them 98% had severe LVH and only 2% were moderate, in addition more than half 54% of them had eccentric hypertrophy whereas 46% had concentric hypertrophy. The mean of LVIDD, LVISD, left ventricular mass, LVMI more in male than female and it is statically significant whereas mean of EF more in the female. There were no relationship between demographic data (sex, age and family history, DM and duration of HTN) and Left ventricle mass. Echocardiography should be routinely used in the diagnosis, management and follow up of hypertensive patients