[Functional status of the hypertrophic left-ventricular myocardium in patients with hypertension].

27 patients with IIB stage of essential hypertension (EH) and left ventricular hyperthropy (LVH), 14 of them with IHD, were studied. In all of them coronaro- and ventriculography was performed. In 14 cases atherosclerotic alterations of coronary arteries were present. Nobody had abnormal pump function or contractility of myocardium. End-systolic, end-diastolic and stroke volume indexes in EH patients with pronounced coronary atherosclerosis were significantly increased. The examined patients demonstrated significant alteration of the left ventricular myocardium relaxation function. The conclusion is drawn that on a certain stage LVH is of compensatory character and plays an important role in supporting adequate myocardial pump function.