title: [Clinical profile of arterial hypertension in patients with cerebrovascular diseases].
abstract: The aim this work was to assess retrospectively the history of hypertension in patients admitted for cerebrovascular diseases. Two hundred and forty eight patients were studied (69% with ischemic strokes, 24% with hemorrhagic strokes and 7% with transient ischemic attacks. 76% of cases had a history hypertension with an evolution of ten years or more in 81% of cases. No differences in the prevalence of hypertension was observed among the different types of strokes. Of the 139 patients in whom the severity of hypertension was registered, 37% had mild, 45% moderate, 15% severe and 3% systolic hypertension. Those with severe hypertension had a higher incidence of hemorrhagic stroke. Fundoscopic examination was abnormal in 81% of the 64 patients in whom it was performed, left ventricular hypertrophy was found in 62% of the 146 patients in whom it was investigated. 51% of patients were receiving anti hypertensive treatment and it was effective in 26% of them. Thirty one percent of subjects had old lesions in the CAT scan; these subjects had a similar prevalence of hypertension and effectiveness of treatment than patients without old lesions. It is concluded that a history of more than ten years of hypertension is a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease, that severe hypertension is mostly associated to hemorrhagic strokes and that only 26% of patients with stroke had and adequate anti hypertensive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García-Ortiz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misseroni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zolezzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Perfil clínico de la hipertensión arterial en pacientes con accidentes vasculares encefálicos.