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- Title
Hipertansiyon Süresi ile Sol Ventrikül Kas Kitlesi İndeksi Arasındaki İlişkiye Cinsiyetin Etkisi.
- Authors
Sarıkaya, Remzi; Kümet, Ömer
- Abstract
Objective: Arterial hypertension, which has a high prevalence, is a significant risk factor for developing cardiovascular diseases. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the most common structural damage in hypertensive target organ damage. LVH is an independent risk factor for evaluating cardiovascular events such as sudden cardiac death, coronary heart disease, myocardial dysfunction, heart failure, and stroke. This study was planned to investigate the effect of gender on the left ventricular muscle mass of hypertension duration. Materials and Methods: 210 patients admitted to the Cardiology Department between December 2019 and March 2020 were included in the study. The demographic data, blood parameters, echocardiographic data of the patients, and hypertension duration were examined. Results: Of the patients included in the study, 112 (53%) were male, and 98 (47%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 56.86 ± 15.2 years. The mean follow-up period of the patients until the time of data collection when they were diagnosed with hypertension was 9.7 ± 7.2 years. There was a positive correlation between hypertension duration and the left ventricular muscle mass index (LVMI) calculated echocardiographically (r: 0.265; p: 0.004). In the correlation analysis performed according to gender, a statistically significant positive correlation was found with LVM (r: 0.413) and LVMI (r: 0.477) in women, but no significant correlation was found between LVM and LVMI in men and duration of hypertension. Discussion and Conclusion: In our study suggested that in the absence of other factors affecting LVMI, the length of the hypertension duration is useful in increasing LVMI in hypertensive patients, and the predominantly female gender is more affected by this increase.
- Publication
Van Tip Dergisi, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 4, p562
- ISSN
1300-2694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/vtd.2021.26235