Abstract
Background : Echocardiography is one of the tools for the assessment of patients with hypertensive disease. Differences in parameters have been described based on race, gender and environment. Aim : In order to define what should be considered abnormal, we set to find out what the normal cardiac parameters are in our environment. Methods : This was a cross sectional of 80 non hypertensive adults. Transthoracic 2D echocardiography was performed with patients in the left decubitus position using standard techniques. Results : From this study, we found the left ventricular mass to be 129 ± 37.61, the ejection fraction (%) 62.77 ± 10.55 and the fractional shortening (%) to be 34.18 ± 7.49. Values for the intraventricular septal thickness, posterior wall diameter, left ventricle internal diameter (in diastole and systole) are (0.92±0.19, 1.43±0.24), (0.91±0.17, 1.47±0.23) and (4.32±0.50, 2.83±0.42) respectively. All the parameters other than relative wall thickness and ejection fraction showed statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion : We hope that the findings from this study will provide direction on what to consider as normal regarding echocardiographic findings in our environment. Key words : Echocardiography, hypertension, cardiometabolic disorder, cardiovascular disorder, BMI, ventricular mass
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