The effectiveness of combination antihypertensive therapy in patients with arterial hypertension and additional risk factors: obesity and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

AIM: To study the effectiveness of a fixed combination of perindopril and amlodipine, with the subsequent addition of indapamide-retard in male patients with arterial hypertension (AH), obesity and severe sleep apnea (OSAS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 43 male patients in whom antihypertensive therapy titration was performed to achieve target blood pressure values with a fixed combination of calcium antagonist amlodipine (10 mg) and an angiotensin-converting inhibitor perindopril (5-10 mg) and indapamide-retard. At baseline and after 4-6 weeks, the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy was monitored according to clinical measurements and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). An assessment of the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), aortic PWV (aoPWV), and ankle-brachial PWV (abPWV) was performed. RESULTS: Target blood pressure values (according to clinical blood pressure, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring) during therapy with amlodipine 10 mg and perindopril 10 mg reached 65% of patients and another 30% reached target blood pressure when adding indapamide-retard 1.5 mg, that is - 95% of all patients included in the study. Upon reaching the target blood pressure values, a significant decrease in cfPWV, aoPWV and abPWV was observed. CONCLUSION: The fixed combination of perindopril arginine and amplodipine, with the addition of indapamide retard in male patients with hypertension 1st degree in the presence of obesity and severe OSAS allows to reach effective control of blood pressure and improve the elastic properties of large arteries, which can lead to a favorable organoprotective effect in this category of patients.

Interrelation of erectile dysfunction with obesity in patients with arterial hypertension.

AIM: To study the relationship between the severity of erectile dysfunction and the anthropometric parameters of obesity in patients with arterial hypertension. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 71 patients with different severity of erectile dysfunction, overweight and grade 1obesity and arterial hypertension. The anthropometric parameters were analyzed, the degree and characteristics of obesity were assessed according to data of multispiral computed tomography (MSCT), a preliminary assessment of erectile function was performed using the IIEF-5 questionnaire. Later the data of the questionnaire was compared with the in-depth urological study: the collection of anamnesis, examination and conduction of the pharmacodopplerography of the penis vessels. RESULTS: Comparative analysis revealed statistically significant links between anthropometric data and the degree of abdominal obesity based on MSCT results (p<0.005), anthropometric indicators of obesity with parameters of penile arterial blood flow, as well as severity of erectile dysfunction by degree of erection and dopplerography with an estimation of the rate of penile blood flow (p<0.05). In addition, a statistically significant negative relationship between the quality of penile blood flow and the degree of arterial hypertension was revealed (p=0.02). As a result of multifactorial linear regression, it is shown that with an increased the ratio of the waist circumference to the hip circumference and a higher level of systolic blood pressure, the condition of penile arterial blood flow worsens, namely, the peak systolic velocity (PSV) decreases (ß=-0.377, p=0.05; ß=-0.478, p=0.02, respectively). In a comparative analysis of the subjective evaluation of erectile function according to the data of the IIEF-5 questionnaire, we showed no statistically significant association with the results of an objective examination (p=0.07).There were also no statistically significant links between objective data of erectile function and obesity parameters in MSCT. CONCLUSION: The combination of overweight or obesity with arterial hypertension gives ground to suspect the presence of different severity of erectile dysfunction.

[Influence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors on antihypertensive therapy efficiency escape]. / Vliianie modifitsiruemykh faktorov riska razvitiia serdechno-sosudistykh oslozhnenii na 'uskol'zanie' éffektivnosti antigipertenzivnoi terapii.

AIM: To evaluate the influence of cardiovascular risk factors on antihypertensive therapy (AHT) efficiency escape (EE). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Data on 59 patients with grades 1-3 hypertension (Stages I-II) were analyzed. During chosen AHT, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring was done at baseline, 1 and 3 months after beginning the observation to identify/rule out the AHT EE phenomenon. RESULTS: The AHT EE group (Group 1) as compared with the group that needed no therapy correction within 3 months (Group 2) was observed to have the following: elevated fasting blood glucose levels (FBGL) (5.8±0.8 vs 5.3±0.7 mmol/l; p=0.008) and higher impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) rates (8 (27.6%) vs 4 (13.3%) cases (p=0.03)); a more number of smoking patients (8 (27.6%) vs 3 (10%) cases; p=0.02); a larger number of patients with a compromised family history of cardiovascular diseases (17 (58.6%) vs 11 (36%); p=0.02). Furthermore, in Group 1 baseline average systolic blood pressure during 24 hours (SBP-24) proved to be higher than that in Group 2 (127.4±4.2 vs 122.4±6.8 mm Hg; p=0.002). Odds ratio (OR) for developing the EE phenomenon increased by 60% with a rise of 0.5 mmol in FBGL (OR, 1.60; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06 to 2.4; p=0.02) and by 18% with an increase of 1 mm Hg in baseline SBP-24 (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.33; p=0.004). Multivariate analysis indicated that the independent predictors of AHT EE were a compromised family history (OR, 3.7; 95% CI, 1.1 to 12.1; p=0.03) and IGT (OR, 4.1; 95% CI, 1.02 to 16.4; p=0.04). CONCLUSION: AHT EE was influenced by FBGL, IGT, smoking, a compromised family history, and baseline SBP-24 level.

[Atrial fibrillation and prolonged nocturnal cardiac arrests in a patient with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Successful correction of disorders by CPAP therapy]. / Fibrillyatsiya predserdii i dlitel'nye nochnye «ostanovki¼ serdtsa u bol'nogo s sindromom obstruktivnogo apnoe vo sne. Uspeshnaya korrektsiya narushenii pri primenenii SIPAP-terapii.

The case history of a 46-year-old patient with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome was analyzed. The examination revealed fourth-degree obesity, prior myocardial infarction, persistent atrial fibrillation with nocturnal asystoles lasting as long as 14.3 sec. During selected drug therapy and regular application of secondary ventilation (continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy) used to correct breathing problems, there was a reduction in the signs of circulatory deficiency, cessation of cardiac pauses, and recovery of sinus rhythm. The therapeutic effect persisted during a 24-month follow-up.

[A clinical case of hemangioma of the face and tongue concurrent with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome complicated by cardiac arrhythmias and conduction disturbances]. / Klinicheskii sluchai gemangiomy litsa i yazyka v sochetanii s sindromom obstruktivnogo apnoe vo sne tyazheloi stepeni, oslozhnivshimsya narusheniyami ritma i provodimosti serdtsa.

The paper describes a clinical case of a female patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in the presence of congenital hemangioma of the face, soft palate, and tongue concurrent with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, and sinoatrial block (maximally up to 3.9 sec). Continuous positive airway pressure therapy could reduce the number of paroxysms of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia and eliminate sinoatrial block.