PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cunningham, Muriel
ED  - Solomon, Scott D.
TI  - VALIDD: Lowering Blood Pressure Improves Diastolic Dysfunction
DP  - 2007 Jun 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 16--17
VI  - 7
IP  - 1
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/1/16.2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/1/16.2.full
AB  - In a first randomized study of its kind, diastolic function, as assessed by noninvasive Doppler technology, was shown to be improved by lowering blood-pressure. The Valsartan in Diastolic Dysfunction [VALIDD] trial evaluated 482 patients from 41 North American sites with stage 1 or 2 essential hypertension using the relatively new method of Doppler tissue imaging to determine myocardial relaxation velocities.