PREVALENCE OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND CARDIAC-ARRHYTHMIAS IN BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION

被引：17

作者：

MELINA, D

COLIVICCHI, F

GUERRERA, G

MELINA, G

FRUSTACI, A

CALDARULO, M

GUERRERA, C

机构：

[1] Istituto di Cardiologia (AF), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome

[2] Istituto di Patologia Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, 00168, Largo Francesco Vito

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION | 1992年 / 5卷 / 08期

关键词：

BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS;

D O I：

10.1093/ajh/5.8.570

中图分类号：

R6 [外科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100210 ;

摘要：

Seventy-eight men with borderline hypertension according to the World Health Organization criteria underwent echocardiographic examination, followed by simultaneous ambulatory blood pressure and electrocardiographic monitorings for 24 h. The prevalence of echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy was 16.6% (13/78). Borderline hypertensives with left ventricular hypertrophy had more supraventricular (P < .001) and ventricular ectopic beats (P < .001) than normotensive controls and borderline hypertensives without cardiac involvement. Furthermore, ventricular ectopic activity was significantly related to left ventricular mass (r = 0.58, P < .05) in borderline hypertensives showing echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy. Our findings suggest that noninvasive assessment of target organ status, including echocardiography, should be employed to optimize risk stratification in borderline hypertension.

引用

页码：570 / 573

页数：4

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