Association of carotid artery intima-media thickness and blood pressure variation in patients with hypertension / 中国综合临床

Objective To investigate the relationship of carotid artery intima-media thickness(IMT) and blood pressure variation in patients with prehypertension. Methods Three hundred and ninety-two patients were selected as our subjects. Artery IMT was measured by Doppler ultrasonography. All patients were divided into carotid artery IMT group( n = 204 ),not carotid artery IMT group( n = 188 ) based on carotid IMT. Meanwhile,all patients were monitored by ambulatory blood pressure. Results (1)The indices of 24 h mean systolic blood pressure,systolic blood pressure variability and diastolic blood pressure variability in patients of carotid artery IMT group were(136. 85 ± 9. 67)mmHg,(4. 13 ± 0. 67)% ,(2. 97 ± 0. 45)% respectively, higher than those of Not carotid artery IMT group((121. 92 ± 6. 54)mmHg,(2. 64 ± 0. 86)% ,(2. 06 ± 0. 36)% ;t = 21. 08,5. 97,3. 32;P < 0. 05).(2)The rate of the carotid artery thickness increased with systolic blood pressure variability increasing( P = 0. 001). There were no significant correlations between rate of the carotid artery thickness and diastolic blood pressure variability,24 h mean diastolic blood pressure(P = 0. 435, 0. 126). The IMT thickening rate was higher when the average systolic blood pressure was greater(P = 0. 013). (3)Regression analysis indicated that carotid artery IMT was positively related with systolic blood pressure variability,high-sensitivity C-reactive protein,24 h mean systolic blood pressure,2-hour postprandial blood glouse. Conclusion Carotid artery IMT is independently associated with variation of blood pressure,especially with systolic blood pressure variability in prehypertension patients.

Clinical Usefulness of 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertensive Pregnancy / 대한내과학회지

OBJECTIVES: In the third trimester hypertensive pregnancies, we would like to evaluate effects of white coat hypertension, severity of hypertension and diurnal variation of blood pressure on the fetal outcome by using 24- hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. METHODS: Hypertensives(n=50) and normotensives (n=14) in the third trimester of the pregnancy underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. We excluded hypertensives(n=5) who became pre-eclampsia patients. Hypertensives(n=45) were classified as white coat hypertensives(n=14, mean ambulatory blood pressure 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >100mmHg) and mild hypertensives(n=26). Sustained hypertensives were also divided into two groups which had diurnal variation of blood pressure or not. To exclude effects of hypertension severity, effects of diurnal variation were evaluated in hypertensives with similar mean arterial blood pressure. Gestational age, body weight, body weight for gestational age were used as parameters of the fetal outcome. RESULTS: 1) The prevalence of white coat hypertension was 28%(14/50). 2) There were no significant differences in the fetal outcome between normotensives(n=14) and white coat hypertensives(n=14). 3) Body weight of fetus and body weight for gestational age in moderate to severe hypertensives(n=5) were less than those of mild hypertensives(n=26), but gestational age was not significantly different between two groups. 4) Body weight of fetus and body weight for gestational age in sustained hypertensives without diurnal variation(n=10) were less than those with diurnal variation(n=8), but gestational age was not significantly different between two groups. 5) All hypertensives who became pre-eclampsia (n=5) were severe hypertensives and had no diurnal variation of blood pressure. CONCLUSION: White coat hypertension in the third trimester was quite often and did not affect on the fetal outcome. The more severe hypertension and/or absence of diurnal variation of blood pressure caused poor fetal outcome. Patients who became pre-eclampsia were severe hypertensives and had no diurnal variation of blood pressure. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring may have several roles in the antenatal management of hypertenison.

Diurnal Variation of Blood Pressure; the Difference between before and after Removal of Pheochromocytoma: Evaluation by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Ambulatory BP monitoring was performed in a patients with pheochromocytoma before and after removal of the tumor. Before surgery, it did not show any significant diurnal variation. But, after surgery the diurnal variation was restored.