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- Millgård, Jonas, et al.
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Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with an attenuated endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypertensive men
- 2000
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Ingår i: Blood Pressure. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-7051 .- 1651-1999. ; 9:6, s. 309-314
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To investigate the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and endothelium-dependent vasodilation (EDV), 30 untreated hypertensive patients, 18 treated hypertensives (53 +/- 7 years, all males) and 26 age-and sex-matched healthy normotensive controls, underwent evaluation of EDV and endothelium-independent vasodilation (EIDV) in the forearm, by means of local intra-arterial infusions of methacholine (MCh, evaluating EDV) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP, evaluating EIDV). Forearm blood flow was measured by venous occlusion plethysmography and LVH was measured by echocardiography. The reduction in forearm vascular resistance during MCh infusion (4 microg/min) was significantly smaller in the hypertensive patients with LVH when compared to those without LVH, both in the untreated (-61 +/- 12%, n = 19 vs -72 +/- 4%, n = 11, p < 0.01) and in the treated group (-60 +/- 15%, n = 11 vs -75 +/- 5%, n = 7, p < 0.01). Thereby, EDV was significantly impaired only in the hypertensive patients with LVH when compared to controls (-77 +/- 7% at MCh 4 microg/min, p < 0.001). EIDV was not significantly different between patients with and without LVH and controls. In conclusion, the presence of LVH was related to endothelial dysfunction, both in untreated and treated hypertensive patients, suggesting either a role for endothelial function in the development of LVH, or that a dysfunctional endothelium and LVH are coexisting markers of a more severe hypertensive disease.
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- von zur Mühlen, Bengt, et al.
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Ambulatory blood pressure and endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypertensive patients
- 2000
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Ingår i: Blood Pressure. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-7051 .- 1651-1999. ; 9:2-3, s. 110-115
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Endothelial function is important for local vascular regulation and an abnormal endothelium-dependent vasodilatation (EDV) has been observed in subjects with essential hypertension. As ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) is more closely related to target organ damage than office blood pressure, this study investigated also if 24-h ABP is more closely related to an impaired EDV than office blood pressure recordings. In a group of 25 untreated patients with essential hypertension and an age- and sex-matched control group (n = 21) endothelial function was evaluated by measurements of forearm blood flow (FBF) during local intra-arterial infusions of metacholine (evaluating EDV) and sodium nitroprusside (evaluating endothelium independent vasodilation, EIDV). FBF was measured with venous occlusion plethysmography. Both office mean artery pressure (MAP; r= -0.57, p < 0.001) and 24-h ABP (r = 0.40, p < 0.01) were related to the endothelial vasodilator function (EDV to EIDV ratio) in an inverse way, but ABP was not superior to office blood pressure recordings. Within the hypertensive group, pronounced white-coat effect (office minus daytime ABP) was associated with a reduced,EDV (r= 0.41, p < 0.05). The degree of night-time decline in blood pressure ("dipping") showed no correlation to EDV. In conclusion, the finding that ABP was no more closely related to the endothelial vasodilator function than office blood pressure recordings might be due to an increased mental alertness affecting EDV in some hypertensive subjects, as suggested by the finding of a reduced EDV in those with a pronounced white-coat effect.
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