Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 12 No. 7-8, 2017.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2017.302
Left ventricular hypertrophy in children and adolescents with arterial hypertension.
Vesna Herceg-Čavrak
orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-1791
; Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The growing prevalence of arterial hypertension in children and adolescents is becoming an ever-greater public health problem. Longitudinal studies show that children and in particular adolescents with arterial hypertension are highly likely to become hypertensive adults, including the risk of cardiovascular disease. Although cardiovascular diseases are very rare in childhood, elevated arterial pressure can cause lesions of target organs already in childhood and adolescence. Left ventricular hypertrophy is a target organ lesion that is most frequently searched for in pediatric hypertension. Several studies have reported positive correlation between arterial pressure and left ventricular mass index, while the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in children with hypertension was 8–41%. An association was found of arterial hypertension in children and adolescents with arterial stiffness, intima-media thickness, and other cardiovascular risks.
Ključne riječi
arterial hypertension; children; adolescents; left ventricular hypertrophy
Hrčak ID:
185330
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.7.2017.
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