title: [Left ventricular hypertrophy and thickening of common carotid artery wall in men aged 40 - 54 years with I degree arterial hypertension].
abstract: We carried out clinical-instrumental examination of 456 men aged 40-54 years. First degree arterial hypertension was revealed in 165 men. Left ventricular hypertrophy was found in 48 (30%), increased intima-media thickness (IMT) - in 67 (41%) patients. There was significant medium power relationship between IMT and left ventricular myocardial mass (correlation coefficient 0.41). Formation of left ventricular hypertrophy was related to parameters of 24 hour blood pressure monitoring, arterial hypertension in brothers and sisters, body weight, and duration of obesity. Significant medium power relation was obtained between tension of endothelial system of hemostasis (protein C) and severity of left ventricular hypertrophy (correlation coefficient - 0,3). Age, heredity, low density lipoprotein, cholesterol, uric acid level mattered for IMT increase.
authors.affiliation: Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Grigoricheva
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sorokin
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Korovina
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Pestova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*