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Asociación independiente de la presión arterial alta y la aterosclerosis aórtica: un estudio basado en la población
Y Agmon1, B K Khandheria, I Meissner
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Circulation
|October 25, 2000
Resumen
La presión arterial alta está relacionada con la aterosclerosis aórtica. Esto incluye la acumulación de placa compleja, destacando la importancia del manejo de la presión arterial para la prevención del accidente cerebrovascular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Investigaciones cardiovasculares en la investigación cardiovascular.
- Salud pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- La aterosclerosis de la aorta torácica es un factor de riesgo conocido para el accidente cerebrovascular.
- La hipertensión es un factor de riesgo importante para el accidente cerebrovascular, pero su relación con la aterosclerosis aórtica en la población general no estaba clara.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar la asociación entre la hipertensión y la aterosclerosis aórtica en una muestra de la población general.
- Para investigar si la presión arterial está asociada con la aterosclerosis aórtica compleja.
Principales métodos:
- Ecocardiografía transesofágica en 581 adultos mayores de 45 años del condado de Olmsted, MN.
- Presión arterial evaluada a través de mediciones de consultorio y monitoreo ambulatorio de 24 horas.
- Regresión logística múltiple utilizada para analizar asociaciones, ajustando por edad y tabaquismo.
Principales resultados:
- La edad y el tabaquismo se asociaron de forma independiente con cualquier aterosclerosis aórtica y la aterosclerosis aórtica compleja.
- La presión sistólica y el pulso, pero no la diastólica, se asociaron con la aterosclerosis aórtica.
- El aumento de la presión arterial sistólica ambulatoria y el tratamiento de la hipertensión se correlacionaron con un aumento de las probabilidades de aterosclerosis aórtica compleja.
Conclusiones:
- La hipertensión está asociada de forma independiente con la aterosclerosis aórtica.
- La presión arterial alta está relacionada con formas más complejas de aterosclerosis aórtica.
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