Initial left-ventricular mass predicts probability of uncontrolled blood pressure in arterial hypertension

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Izzo ◽  
Giovanni de Simone ◽  
Richard B Devereux ◽  
Renata Giudice ◽  
Marina De Marco ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Lieb ◽  
Juliane Bolbrinker ◽  
Angela Döring ◽  
Hans-Werner Hense ◽  
Jeanette Erdmann ◽  
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A polymorphism in the cytochrome P450 3A CYP3A5 enzyme has been implicated in BP (blood pressure) control and arterial hypertension. Carriers of the CYP3A5*1 allele had high, whereas homozygous carriers of the CYP3A5*3 allele exhibit low, CYP3A5 expression in the kidney, where CYP3A5 represents the major CYP3A enzyme. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of the CYP3A5*1 allele with BP, arterial hypertension, LVM [(left ventricular) mass] and LV geometry in a large Caucasian-population-based cohort. We compared BP, LVM and the prevalence of hypertension between carriers (CYP3A5*1/*1 and CYP3A5*1/*3 genotypes) and non-carriers (CYP3A5*3/*3 genotype) of the CYP3A5*1 allele in the echocardiographic substudy of the third MONICA (MONItoring trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) Augsburg survey. After exclusion of 269 individuals who were taking antihypertensive medication, 530 women and 554 men were available for analysis, revealing allele frequencies of 5.8 and 94.2% for the CYP3A5*1 and CYP3A5*3 alleles respectively. Overall, the presence of the CYP3A5*1 allele exhibited no effect on systolic or diastolic BP in either gender. One-third of the individuals in this cohort were hypertensive (BP ≥140/90 mmHg), and the genotype distribution between normotensive and hypertensive individuals revealed no association between CYP3A5*1 and hypertension after adjustment for age, BMI and gender (odds ratio, 1.02; P=0.92). Moreover, no effect of CYP3A5*1 on LVM, thickness of the septal and posterior wall and LV end-diastolic diameter was found. We conclude that CYP3A5*1 exhibits no significant effect on BP, LVM and LV geometry in the KORA/MONICA echocardiographic substudy.


2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 353-358
Author(s):  
Dragan Djordjevic ◽  
Marina Deljanin-Ilic ◽  
Ivan Tasic

Background/Aim. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), apart from arterial hypertension, is a risk factor for electrophysiologic heart condition disorder and sudden cardiac death. The aim of this study was to examine a relationship between complex ventricular arrhythmias and parameters of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the patients with arterial hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), as well as their prognostic significance during a five-year follow-up. Methods. Ninety patients with arterial hypertension and LVH were included in this study (mean age 55.2?8.3 years). There were 35 healthy people in the control group (mean age 54.5?7.1 years). Left ventricular mass index was 171.9?32.4 g/m2 in the LVH group and 102.4?13.3 g/m2 in the control group. Clinical examination, echocardiogram, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and 24-hour holter monitoring were done in all of the examined persons. Ventricular arrhythmias were classified by the Lown classification. Results. In the LVH group there were 54 (60.0%) of the patients with ? III Lown class. The best predictor of a Lown class were left ventricular mass index by using multivariate stepwise regression analyses (? = 0.212; p < 0.05) and small decrease of diastolic blood pressure during the night (? = -0.293; p < 0.01). The main predictor of bad prognosis was left ventricular mass index during a five year follow-up (? = 0.302; p < 0.01, for stepwise regression model: F = 8.828; p < 0.01, adjusted R2 = 0.091). Conclusion. Left ventricular arrhythmias are frequent in patients with lower decrease of blood pressure during the night. There was no correlation between the degree of ventricular arrhythmias and parameters from 24-hour blood pressure monitoring and a five-year prognosis in the patients with arterial hypertension and LVH. A bad five-year follow-up outcome of hypertensive disease depends on left ventricular mass index.


2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 830-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branislava Ivanovic ◽  
Dane Cvijanovic ◽  
Marija Tadic ◽  
Dragan Simic

Background/Aim. Beside arterial hypertension as the most important factor of a myocardial hypertension development, very important risk factors are obesity, hypercholesterolemia, insulin resistance, etc. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with arterial hypertension. Methods. We checked medical records for 138 patients with arterial hypertension, and compared them with the control group of 44 normotensive subjects. The patients with arterial hypertension were divided into two groups considering the presence of MetS: with MetS (59 patients), and without MetS (79 patients). We defined MetS as presence of three (or more) within five criteria: central obesity (> 102 cm male, > 88 cm female), raised triglycerides (> 1.7 mmol/L, or drug treatment for elevated triglycerides), reduced high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (< 1.03 mmol/L male, < 1.3 mmol/L female), raised blood pressure (> 130 mmHg systolic, > 90 mmHg diastolic), raised fasting glucose (> 6.11 mmol/L, or drug treatment for elevated glucose level). In each group routine laboratory, echocardiography and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were performed. Results. We found statisticaly significant higher left ventricular mass in both subgroups hypertensive patients in comparison with the control group (p < 0.05). We did not find statistically significant difference (227.31?63.44 vs 219?59.5, p > 0.05) in left ventricular mass between these two groups of patients. In the patients with arterial hypertension and MetS we found hypertrophy more frequently than in the subgroup without MetS (43/57 vs 34/69, p < 0.001). Conclusion. Our results suggest that associated cardiometabolic risks increase the prevalence of myocardial hypertrophy, but do not influence left ventricular mass.


2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Cipollini ◽  
Enrica Arcangeli ◽  
Emanuela Greco ◽  
Flavia Franconi ◽  
Giuseppe Pettinà ◽  
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