title: [Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage].
abstract: One hundred and eighteen consecutive cases of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage seen at one hospital during a three-year period were examined to assess the prevalence of hypertension and the correlation between the presence of hypertension and the risk of early death. Eighty-seven of the patients had intracranial aneurysms. The diagnosis of hypertension was determined by means of three complementary criteria: a history of treatment with antihypertensive drugs; systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure levels > or = 160 and 95 mmHg, respectively, measured by the general practitioners of the patients before the onset of the subarachnoid haemorrhage; and the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy determined by echocardiography and/or necropsy. The major findings were as follows: 1) hypertension was present in at least 41% of the patients; 2) in 37% of 51 patients with no history of hypertension before the haemorrhage, left ventricular hypertrophy was diagnosed; and 3) the frequency of hypertension was significantly higher in patients who died within 14 days after the bleeding episode compared with patients surviving this period.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Afdeling C, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Toftdahl
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Torp-Pedersen
authors.forename: U H
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strandgaard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jepersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Hypertension og venstresidig ventrikelhypertrofi hos patienter med spontan subaraknoidal haemoragi.