Medición, control y conocimiento de la presión arterial: Iniciativa Mayo Mes de la Medición Colombia 2017 / Measurement, monitoring and knowledge of blood pressure: May Measurement Month, Colombia 2017

Objetivo: Describir los hallazgos de la implementación de la iniciativa Mayo Mes de la Medición 2017 aplicada a población colombiana adulta con el objetivo de crear conciencia sobre la importancia de la medición, conocimiento y control de la presión arterial. Materiales y métodos: Mayo Mes de la Medición es una encuesta transversal que sigue las directrices de la Sociedad Internacional de Hipertensión y la Liga Mundial de Hipertensión, que recoge información de factores de riesgo cardiovascular y mediciones de presión arterial. En Colombia su implementación fue liderada por la Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL) y la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Hipertensión (LASH) con el apoyo de la Red Colombiana para la Prevención de las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y Diabetes (RECARDI). Resultados: Se recolectaron datos en 11 departamentos de 21.797 personas, siendo el 58,7% mujeres, la edad promedio fue de 40,5±17,7 años. La prevalencia global de hipertensión arterial (HTA) fue del 20,8% (autorreporte de tratamiento antihipertensivo o toma de presión arterial sistólica [≥140mmHg]). El 46,5% del total de hipertensos tuvieron cifras de presión arterial sistólica que les clasifica como no controlados (presión arterial sistólica<140mmHg) y el 26,4% no conocían su condición de hipertensos, los cuales en el presente reporte son considerados como los casos nuevos de HTA. Conclusión: La prevalencia de presión arterial es alta en esta población adulta joven, en la cual el desconocimiento de la condición de HTA es también alta, y en aquellos que conocen su condición existe un porcentaje bajo de control de la HTA, resultados que demuestran la necesidad de implementar programas eficaces de detección de pacientes hipertensos y de establecer tratamientos estandarizados para mejorar el control de la HTA como una estrategia para la reducción de eventos cardiovasculares

Aim: To describe the findings of implementing May Measurement Month 2017 in the adult Colombian population to raise awareness of the importance of blood pressure measuring, monitoring, and awareness. Materials and methods: May Measurement Month is a cross-sectional survey that follows the directives of the International Society of Hypertension and the World Hypertension League, which gathers information on cardiovascular risk factors and blood pressure readings. Its implementation in Colombia was lead by the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation (FOSCAL) and the Latin American Society of Hypertension (LASH) with the support of the Colombian Network for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (RECARDI). Results: Data was collected from 11 departments on 21,797 people, 58.7% of whom were female, with an average age of 40.5±17.7 years. The overall prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) was 20.8% (self-reported antihypertensive treatment or systolic blood pressure reading [systolic blood pressure≥140mmHg]). Of the total number of hypertensives, 46.5% had systolic blood pressure readings classified as uncontrolled (systolic blood pressure<140mmHg), and 26.4% were unaware that they were hypertensive who, in this report, we consider to be new cases of HBP. Conclusion: The prevalence of (elevated) blood pressure is high in this young adult population, whose lack of awareness of HBP is also high, and HBP in those aware of their condition is poorly controlled. These results highlight the need to implement effective detection programmes for hypertensive patients and to establish standardised treatments to improve HBP control as a strategy to reduce cardiovascular events

[Measurement, monitoring and knowledge of blood pressure: May Measurement Month, Colombia 2017]. / Medición, control y conocimiento de la presión arterial: Iniciativa Mayo Mes de la Medición Colombia 2017.

AIM: To describe the findings of implementing May Measurement Month 2017 in the adult Colombian population to raise awareness of the importance of blood pressure measuring, monitoring, and awareness. MATERIALS AND METHODS: May Measurement Month is a cross-sectional survey that follows the directives of the International Society of Hypertension and the World Hypertension League, which gathers information on cardiovascular risk factors and blood pressure readings. Its implementation in Colombia was lead by the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation (FOSCAL) and the Latin American Society of Hypertension (LASH) with the support of the Colombian Network for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (RECARDI). RESULTS: Data was collected from 11 departments on 21,797 people, 58.7% of whom were female, with an average age of 40.5±17.7 years. The overall prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) was 20.8% (self-reported antihypertensive treatment or systolic blood pressure reading [systolic blood pressure≥140mmHg]). Of the total number of hypertensives, 46.5% had systolic blood pressure readings classified as uncontrolled (systolic blood pressure<140mmHg), and 26.4% were unaware that they were hypertensive who, in this report, we consider to be new cases of HBP. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of (elevated) blood pressure is high in this young adult population, whose lack of awareness of HBP is also high, and HBP in those aware of their condition is poorly controlled. These results highlight the need to implement effective detection programmes for hypertensive patients and to establish standardised treatments to improve HBP control as a strategy to reduce cardiovascular events.

[Conduction disorders after cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation]. / Trastornos de la conducción en el post operatorio de la cirugía cardiaca con circulación extracorpórea.

Two-hundred-fifty-eight patients who had cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation were studied to determine the frequency and significance of conduction disturbances. Fifty-eight (34%) developed new postoperative conduction defects. Seventeen patients developed new conduction alterations after coronary artery bypass graft. The most common disturbance was transient bifascicular block (right bundle branch block and anterior subdivision block of the left bundle branch of His) (p less than 0.01). After valvular surgery twenty-one patients developed conduction defects. Of those the most common disturbance was high degree AV block (57%). The authors found no relation between the AV block and the number of valves operated on or type of valvular surgery. After congenital heart surgery, twenty patients developed conduction defects. The most common defect was high degree AV block. The frequency of complete heart block was higher after the closure of atrial septal defects (P less than 0.01). None of the conduction defects were related to the amount of time the patient was exposed to extracorporeal circulation or to postoperative myocardial infarction. All conduction defects were transient except complete heart block in some patients with ventricular septal defect surgery. In this study there were no hemodynamic complications or mortality associated with the conduction disturbances.

[Myxoma of the right ventricle: report of a clinical case and review of the literature]. / Mixoma del ventrículo derecho: informe de un caso clínico y revisión de la literatura.

We studied a seventeen year old female patient with clinical manifestations of pulmonary embolism. A Two-Dimensional echocardiography showed the presence of a right intraventricular mass. It was surgically removed and the histopathological study showed it to be a myxoma. The recovery of the patient was uneventful. This is the first case of a right ventricular myxoma diagnosed during life in our hospital. The medical literature describing this unusual location is reviewed.