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  • Title: Relationship between hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy, neurohormonal factors and ventricular arrhythmias in very old patients.
    Author: Guo H, Cheng J, Lee JD, Ueda T, Shan J, Wang J.
    Journal: Acta Cardiol; 2004 Feb; 59(1):47-50. PubMed ID: 15030134.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in very old patients (> or = 80 years) with neuro-hormonal factors and ventricular arrhythmias. METHODS: Heart rate variation, plasma renin (Ren), angiotensin-II (AT-II), aldosterone (Ald), insulin (Ins), Holter and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were measured in 60 cases (> or = 80 years) which were divided into 2 groups: 30 with primary hypertension accompanied LVH in very old patients (group A); 30 with simple primary hypertension (group B). RESULTS: There was no significant difference of AT-II and Ren between group A and B (P > 0.05); Ins and Ald values in group A was much higher than in group B (P all < 0.01); the data of heart rate variability, including very low frequency (VLF) and low frequency (LF) and LF/HF (high frequency) in group A were significantly higher than in group B (P < 0.01, < 0.05, < 0.05, respectively); incidence of premature ventricular contractions (PVC) and myocardial ischaemia in group A were higher than in group B patients. CONCLUSIONS: Sympathetic nerve excitability in group A was greatly increased; hypertensive LVH was closely associated with Ald and Ins level, but not with AT-II and Ren. Group A is characterized by a significantly greater frequency of premature ventricular contractions and ischaemia.
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