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1532285

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Hypertensive patients with the electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and strain are at increased risk of sudden death. It has been suggested that ventricular arrhythmias may be responsible. The prevalence and significance of ventricular arrhythmias was therefore studied in 90 hypertensive patients with LV hypertrophy and strain by undertaking 48-hour ambulatory ECG monitoring, ECG signal-averaging and programmed ventricular stimulation. Complex ventricular ectopic activity (Lown grade greater than or equal to 3) was detected in 59 patients (66%). Eleven patients (12%) had episodes of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. There were no sustained arrhythmias either on ambulatory ECG monitoring or induced by programmed ventricular stimulation. Only 1 patient had ventricular late potentials recorded by the signal-averaged electrocardiogram. Therefore, there was little to suggest an underlying arrhythmogenic substrate in these patients. In conclusion, whereas ventricular arrhythmias occur often in patients with LV hypertrophy associated with systemic hypertension, their significance, if any, remains to be established.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
913-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Significance of ventricular arrhythmias in systemic hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Cardiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't