title: Arterial blood pressure following different types of urinary stone therapy. Presented at the 8th European Symposium on Urolithiasis, Parma, Italy, 1999.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Several studies reported increased blood pressure (BP) values following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment of renal stones. It is unclear, however, whether this is due to ESWL, since nephrolithiasis itself increases the relative risk of developing hypertension. Therefore we prospectively studied the BPs of stone patients undergoing different types of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  252 stone patients (63% males, 37% females, median age 44.3, range 11.7-86.4 years) participated. 168 suffered from uretral stones: 50 underwent ESWL; 40 ureteroscopy, and 78 patients passed stones spontaneously (SP). 84 had renal stones: 60 underwent ESWL; 8 percutaneous nephrolithotomy/open surgery, and 16 no treatment. Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) BP were measured according to Riva-Rocci prior to, immediately after, and 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after stone therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Immediately after SP, SBP decreases, whereas after active stone treatment increases (highest after ESWL) in SBP were seen. DBP was unchanged. During the further follow-up, a gradual increase in BP was observed in all groups. At 24 months in all groups, regardless of the stone location and type of treatment, SBP and DBP were significantly higher than the pretreatment levels (p = 0.000). There was no a difference between renal and ureteral stones, or between the ESWL treatment and the other groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal stone disease itself rather than the type of treatment significantly increases SBP and DBP during a follow-up period of 24 months. The underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated.
authors: Department of Urology, Klinikum Coburg, Germany. lkhco.stromaier@t-online.de
authors: W L
authors: WL
authors: Strohmaier
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Schmidt
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Lahme
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Bichler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018666:Ureteroscopy