title: [Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: significance of blood pressure variability for progression of heart hypertrophy].
abstract: It is known that ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring gives a better prediction of target organ damage and prognosis than clinical blood pressure. Many studies have found a closer correlation for ambulatory blood pressure with left ventricular hypertrophy than clinical blood pressure. One question that is discussed controversely is whether the variability of blood pressure is also a determinant of target organ damage independent of the average level. In 52 patients with elevated casual blood pressure a 24-h ambulatory blood-pressure measurement (Space Labs 90202) was performed and left ventricular hypertrophy was evaluated by M-mode echocardiography. The following parameters of blood pressure variability were calculated from the profiles: the standard deviation of the mean value, the variation coefficient and the parameter of variability as proposed by Schächinger et al. Furthermore a Fourier analysis of the blood pressure data was performed to quantify blood pressure variability. We found no statistically significant correlation between blood pressure variability and left ventricular mass. However, systolic and diastolic blood pressure level showed a significant correlation with left ventricular hypertrophy (r = 0.45 and r = 0.49, p < 0.05). Thus, blood pressure variability as calculated from the ambulatory, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring is a poor predictor for secondary damage of the heart.
authors: II. Med. Klinik, Univ. Erlangen/Nürnberg.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Machnig
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Engels
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Henneke
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gellert
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Bachmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Ambulantes Blutdruckmonitoring: Bedeutung der Blutdruckvariabilität für die Progression einer Herzhypertrophie.