[A case-control study on electrocardiographic abnormalities and hypertension in long-term survivors of cerebrovascular disease].
In order to assess the ECG change and the effect of hypertension in relation to the occurrence and outcome of the cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in its advanced stage. 78 such patients together with the same number of control subjects were selected randomly, studied and compared in a neuroepidemiological survey. This study showed that ECG abnormality was associated with the female patients with CVD (P less than 0.05). The presence of unconsciousness during the acute stage of CVD was related to subsequent ECG abnormality (P less than 0.05) and to late severe disability (P less than 0.05). In the late stage of CVD hypertension was still a risk factor for both sexes (P less than 0.01), and there were more patients above the age of 65 complicated by hypertension than those below the age of 65 (P less than 0.05). Hypertension had a positive relationship with the degree of disabilities in patients with CVD. It was emphasized that cardiac disorders and hypertension should be properly taken care of even though the CVD had been in its later stage.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors