Chen Yan, Liu Ju-Hua, Zhen Zhe, Zuo Yuan, Lin Qingshan, Liu Mingya, Zhao Chunting, Wu Min, Cao Gaozhen, Wang Run, Tse Hung-Fat, Yiu Kai-Hang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, ShenZhen, China.
J Investig Med. 2018 Feb;66(2):319-324. doi: 10.1136/jim-2017-000513. Epub 2017 Sep 20.
A non-dipper pattern of high blood pressure is associated with increased risk of organ damage and cardiovascular disease in patients with hypertension. The aim of the study was to evaluate the left ventricular (LV) remodeling and function and arterial stiffness in a dipper/non-dipper pattern of high blood pressure in patients with hypertension. A total of 183 hypertensive patients with no history of adverse cardiovascular events were divided into two groups based on 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM): 66 patients with a dipper pattern and 117 patients with non-dipper pattern. Detailed transthoracic echocardiogram was performed and analyzed with advance speckle tracking 3-orthogonal direction strain analysis to assess LV systolic function and tissue Doppler-derived E/E' for LV diastolic function assessment. Cardio ankle vascular index (CAVI) was used to evaluate arterial stiffness. Compared with patients with dipper hypertension, those with non-dipper hypertension had increased LV mass index, higher prevalence of eccentric and concentric LV hypertrophy, more impaired LV diastolic and systolic function and peripheral arterial stiffness. Multivariable analysis revealed that a non-dipper pattern was independently associated with LV systolic dysfunction evaluated by speckle tracking-derived strain analysis. In conclusion, a non-dipper pattern of hypertension is an independent risk factor for LV systolic dysfunction. Treatment that could reverse this non-dipper pattern may reduce cardiac damage in these patients.
高血压患者的血压非勺型模式与器官损害及心血管疾病风险增加相关。本研究旨在评估高血压患者血压勺型/非勺型模式下的左心室(LV)重构、功能及动脉僵硬度。基于24小时动态血压监测(ABPM),将183例无心血管不良事件病史的高血压患者分为两组:66例勺型血压患者和117例非勺型血压患者。采用先进的斑点追踪三维正交方向应变分析技术进行详细的经胸超声心动图检查并分析,以评估左心室收缩功能,并通过组织多普勒测量E/E'评估左心室舒张功能。使用心踝血管指数(CAVI)评估动脉僵硬度。与勺型高血压患者相比,非勺型高血压患者的左心室质量指数增加,离心性和向心性左心室肥厚的患病率更高,左心室舒张和收缩功能以及外周动脉僵硬度受损更严重。多变量分析显示,通过斑点追踪应变分析评估,非勺型模式与左心室收缩功能障碍独立相关。总之,高血压非勺型模式是左心室收缩功能障碍的独立危险因素。能够逆转这种非勺型模式的治疗可能会减少这些患者的心脏损害。