[PP.16.15] THE RELATION BETWEEN PULSATILE (STIFFNESS RELATED) AND STEADY BLOOD PRESSURE COMPONENTS AND LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME IN THE CONTEXT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. e216 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rojek ◽  
M. Rajzer ◽  
J. Gasowski ◽  
T. Pizon ◽  
D. Czarnecka
Medicine ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (52) ◽  
pp. e9459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Rojek ◽  
Marek Rajzer ◽  
Wiktoria Wojciechowska ◽  
Jerzy Gąsowski ◽  
Tomasz Pizoń ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 1305-1312
Author(s):  
Ayşe Ağbaş ◽  
Selman Gökalp ◽  
Nur Canpolat ◽  
Salim Çalışkan ◽  
Funda Öztunç

AbstractObjective:Cardiovascular morbidity is high in patients with coarctation of aorta even after successful repair. This study aimed to assess the frequency of late hypertension and the relationship between ambulatory hypertension and cardiovascular target organ damage in children and adolescents after early and successful repair of coarctation of the aorta.Methods:Twenty-five children and adolescents (mean age 13.5 ± 3.43 years) with repaired coarctation of the aorta (median age at repair 4 months, arm–leg gradient <20 mmHg) and 16 healthy controls were included. Office and ambulatory blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, and left ventricular mass index were assessed.Results:Both day- and night-time systolic blood pressure standard deviation score and left ventricular mass index were significantly higher in patients compared to controls (p ≤ 0.001 for all), whereas pulse wave velocity did not differ. The prevalence of masked hypertension, isolated nocturnal hypertension, and left ventricular hypertrophy were 40, 28, and 24%, respectively. Left ventricular mass index was higher in patients with sustained hypertension, masked hypertension, and normotension compared to controls (p < 0.05). In multivariate analysis, higher night-time systolic blood pressure standard deviation score was the only independent predictor of left ventricular mass index.Conclusion:The present study reveals a high prevalence of masked hypertension, isolated nocturnal hypertension, and left ventricular hypertrophy in children and adolescents with coarctation of the aorta even after early and successful repair. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring should be considered to diagnose hypertension. All coarctation of aorta patients should be followed up lifelong and encouraged to establish a healthy lifestyle starting from childhood.


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