Preliminary Survey on the Prevalence Rate of Hypertension in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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摘要 ObjectivesToinvestigatetheprevalenceofhypertensionanditsprimaryriskfactorsinpatientswithdilatedcardiomyopathy(DCM).MethodsThreehundredandsixty-twopatientswithDCM(DCMgroup)and401age-matchedresidents(controlgroup)wereenrolledrandomlyinthestudy,thehypertensiveprevalenceratewerecalculatedrespectivelyinthetwogroupsandwerecomparedwitheachother;thepatientsintheDCMgroupweredividedintotwosubgroups(hypertensionsubgroupandnon-hypertensionsubgroup)accordingtowhetherthepatientshavehypertension;theclinicaldatarelatedtobloodpressurewascomparedbetweenthetwosubgroups.ResultsTheprevalenceofhypertensioninDCMgroupwassignificantlyhigherthanthatinthecontrolgroup(32.8%vs.20.1%,P<0.01);Therewerenosignificantdifferencesontheage,gender,occupationandleftventricularejectionfraction(LVEF)betweenthetwosubgroups,butthemeanheartrateandthepercentageofpatientswhohadfamilyhistoryofhypertensionweresignificantlyhigherinthehypertensionsubgroupthanthatinthenon-hypertensionsubgroup(P<0.05andP<0.01).ConclusionsTheprevalenceofhypertensioninpatientswithDCMwashigh;TheincreasedactivityofsympatheticnervoussystemandthehypertensivegeneticfactormaybethemainriskfactorsofhypertensioninpatientswithDCM.
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出版日期 2008年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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