Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.04.05

Impact of Blood Pressure Components on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Remodeling

Juraj Kunišek ; Department of Internal Medicine, Crikvenica Thalassotherapia, Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Crikvenica, Croatia
Leon Kunišek ; Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

According to present findings, the impact of particular arterial pressure components on the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) differs. We sought to determine which individual component of arterial pressure has the greatest impact on the LVH geometric pattern/degree. The study included 192 patients (87 men), aged 43-80 (median 68) years with hypertension and LVH. Patients were classified into three groups according to type of hypertrophy (concentric, eccentric and asymmetric) and into three subgroups according to the degree of hypertrophy (mild, moderate and severe). All patients had their blood pressure measured, and they underwent electrocardiography and echocardiography. Antihypertensive drugs and the duration of previous treatments were taken into consideration. Pulse pressure was significantly higher in patients with concentric LVH than in those with eccentric and asymmetric LVH (p=0.029), the values of which did not differ statistically. It rose with LVH degree (not significantly, p=0.217). There were no significant differences in systolic pressure among study groups (p=0.177). We concluded that pulse pressure had the greatest impact on the left ventricular geometry, particularly of the concentric type.

Keywords

Hypertrophy, left ventricular; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Electrocardiography; Echocardiography

Hrčak ID:

217809

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/217809

Publication date:

1.12.2018.

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