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- Title
Ventricular Arrhythmias in Normotensive Subjects and in Mild Hypertensive Patients.
- Authors
Fariello, Raffaele; Crippa, Massimo; Damiani, Gianpaolo; Notaristefano, Ilaria; Costa, Raffaella; Boni, Enrico; Corda, Luciano; Chiari, Ermanna; Zaninelli, Augusto
- Abstract
Twenty-five normotensive subjects (14 men, 11 women) aged from 25 to 60 years (mean 36) and 30 untreated patients with mild hypertension (stages 1 and 2, JNC V) without target organ damage (16 men, 14 women), aged 26–59 years (mean 35.8) underwent continuous 24-hour ECG Holter monitoring with a Fukuda Denshi SM-40 ambulatory recorder and SCM-400 ECG analyzer. During 24-hour ambulatory ECG recording, mean heart rate was slightly but not significantly higher in hypertensive patients (73.3 ±10 beats per minute [bpm]) in comparison with normotensive subjects (71.2 ±12 bpm). The prevalence of premature atrial contractions was similar in the two groups. Total ventricular arrhythmias were more prevalent in the group of mild hypertensive patients (P<0.05), who also had a higher prevalence in complex forms of ectopy (r=0.81 for bigeminy; r=0.83 for trigeminy; r=0.83 for couplets). Holter recordings did not show abnormalities of ST-T wave or episodes of silent ischemia.
- Subjects
HYPERTENSION; ARRHYTHMIA; HEART diseases; HEART beat; AMBULATORY electrocardiography; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Angiology, 1998, Vol 49, Issue 2, p99
- ISSN
0003-3197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000331979804900202