title: Effect of 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate variations on left ventricular hypertrophy and dilatation in essential hypertension.
abstract: This study correlates variables derived from blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) monitoring with the degree of left ventricular structural changes in essential hypertension. Forty patients with mild-to-moderate hypertension according to World Health Organization criteria underwent 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. Echocardiographic (posterior wall and interventricular septum thickness, left ventricular mass) or ECG (SV1 + RV5) indices of hypertrophy were significantly (p less than 0.01) correlated (positive correlations) with derivatives of BP monitoring (mean systolic and diastolic BP values) but not with HR derivatives. Echocardiographic indices of dilatation (left ventricular end-diastolic volume and diameter) were significantly (p less than 0.01 to less than 0.001) correlated (negative correlations) with derivatives of HR monitoring (mean HR values, mainly during the night) but not with BP derivatives. It is concluded that in essential hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy depends on mean 24-hour systolic and diastolic BP values, whereas left ventricular dilatation appears to be more prominent in patients with bradycardia mainly during the night.
authors: Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Athens University Medical School, Greece.
authors: S D
authors: SD
authors: Moulopoulos
authors: S F
authors: SF
authors: Stamatelopoulos
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Zakopoulos
authors: S T
authors: ST
authors: Toumanidis
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Nanas
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Papadakis
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Kanakakis
authors: D S
authors: DS
authors: Moulopoulos
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Psihogios
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic