Relationship between tei index and left ventricular geometric patterns in a hypertensive population: a cross-sectional study

Objective: Hypertension is one of the common risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases/disorders A developing country like India faces the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases; of the which, hypertension is the most important treatable cause of mortality and morbidity with loss of functional capacity and decline in the quality of life. Aim: To study the prevalence of end organ damage in the hypertensive geriatric age group. Method: The present study was a cross sectional study, conducted in 150 elderly patients admitted in MGM Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India with the diagnosis of stage I or II hypertension from 2011 to 2013. Results: Data analysis of the present study showed that 68% of elderly population aged between 60 to 69 years were suffering from hypertension. Compared to males, females had a higher rate of target organ damage. This study found that out of all patients with total end organ damage, 54.6 % had CVS complications, 15.7 % had hypertensive retinopathy, 25.9 % and 18.51 had raised creatinine and proteinuria respectively. 19.4 % had cerebrovascular accident (CVA) complications. Among Cardiovascular related complications Coronary artery disease (CAD) was found in 21 patients, out of them 7 had Congestive cardiac Failure (CCF). Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) was the most common complication and seen in 38 patients. 13.8 % patients had Regional Wall Motion Abnormality (RWMA) Conclusion: The present study concluded that Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH) is the commonest type of hypertension in geriatric age group. This study concluded that the most common risk factors of HTN in the elderly are sedentary life style, dyslipidemia and extra salt intake while the most common end organ damage was observed to be Left Ventricular Hypertrophy followed by renal dysfunction. Keywords: Hypertension, Isolated Systolic Hypertension, Dyslipidemia.

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Left ventricular global longitudinal strain in chronic kidney disease patients with and without renal replacement therapy: A cross-sectional study

Indian Heart Journal ◽

10.1016/j.ihj.2020.11.074 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 72 ◽

pp. S26

Author(s):

Ramesh Sankaran ◽

S. Ramalakshmi ◽

Manish Babbu Uppupetai Ganeshbabbu ◽

M. Jayakumar ◽

T.R. Muralidharan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Renal Replacement Therapy ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Replacement Therapy ◽

Longitudinal Strain ◽

Global Longitudinal Strain ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Preferences for life-sustaining treatment in Korean adults: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039470 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. e039470

Author(s):

HyunChul Youn ◽

Suk-young Lee ◽

Han-yong Jung ◽

Shin-Gyeom Kim ◽

Seung‑Hyun Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Self Report ◽

Ventricular Assist Devices ◽

Optimal Time ◽

Left Ventricular Assist Devices ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Ventricular Assist ◽

Life Sustaining Treatment

ObjectivesLife-sustaining treatment is any treatment that serves to prolong life without reversing the underlying medical conditions, and includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, haemodialysis and left ventricular assist devices. This study aimed to investigate the thoughts on life-sustaining treatment of Koreans and to assess the factors associated with deciding to not receive life-sustaining treatment if they develop a terminal disease.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingGuro-gu centre for dementia from 1 May 2018 to 31 December 2019.ParticipantsIn total, 150 individuals participated in this study.Outcome measuresThe questionnaire consisted of self-report items with some instructions, demographic characteristics, thoughts on life-sustaining treatment and psychosocial scales. The preferences of the participants were investigated on the assumption that they develop terminal cancer. The psychosocial scales included the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS).ResultsWe classified our participants into two groups: individuals who wanted to receive life-sustaining treatment (IRLT) and individuals who wanted to not receive life-sustaining treatment (INLT). There were twice as many participants in the INLT group than there were in the IRLT. In making this decision, the INLT group focused more on physical and mental distress. Additionally, 32.7% of participants responded that terminal status was an optimal time for this decision, but more participants want to decide it earlier. The GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scores were significantly higher in the INLT group than in the IRLT group. However, the INLT group had significantly lower MSPSS family scores.ConclusionOur findings can help assess issues regarding advance directives and life-sustaining treatment, and will be a reference for designing future studies on this issue.

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