ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN EVOLUTION OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Pseudonormal and restrictive diastolic pattern of mitral inflow were associated with dilatation and cardiac mortality in first year after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Metabolic syndrome including arterial hypertension which is one of the components of this disorder before the acute coronary event is known to be a factor linked to an increased enddiastolic pressure. Purpose of the study was to find a correlation between echocardiographic parameters of filling pressure at discharge and pattern of mitral inflow at one year after AMI in hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome (MS).