Assessment of cardiovascular risk and target organ damage among adult patients with primary hypertension in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a criteria-based clinical audit

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Chacha Mwita ◽  
Walter Akello ◽  
Gloria Sisenda ◽  
Evans Ogoti ◽  
David Tivey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Clinical Audit ◽  
Target Organ Damage ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
Target Organ ◽  
Primary Hypertension ◽  
Adult Patients

scholarly journals Sodium Intake and Target Organ Damage in Hypertension—An Update about the Role of a Real Villain

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Nista ◽  
Federico Gatto ◽  
Manuela Albertelli ◽  
Natale Musso
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Target Organ Damage ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Target Organ ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Sodium Consumption

Salt intake is too high for safety nowadays. The main active ion in salt is sodium. The vast majority of scientific evidence points out the importance of sodium restriction for decreasing cardiovascular risk. International Guidelines recommend a large reduction in sodium consumption to help reduce blood pressure, organ damage, and cardiovascular risk. Regulatory authorities across the globe suggest a general restriction of sodium intake to prevent cardiovascular diseases. In spite of this seemingly unanimous consensus, some researchers claim to have evidence of the unhealthy effects of a reduction of sodium intake, and have data to support their claims. Evidence is against dissenting scientists, because prospective, observational, and basic research studies indicate that sodium is the real villain: actual sodium consumption around the globe is far higher than the safe range. Sodium intake is directly related to increased blood pressure, and independently to the enlargement of cardiac mass, with a possible independent role in inducing left ventricular hypertrophy. This may represent the basis of myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure, and cardiac mortality. Although debated, a high sodium intake may induce initial renal damage and progression in both hypertensive and normotensive subjects. Conversely, there is general agreement about the adverse role of sodium in cerebrovascular disease. These factors point to the possible main role of sodium intake in target organ damage and cardiovascular events including mortality. This review will endeavor to outline the existing evidence.

scholarly journals Regression of target organ damage in children and adolescents with primary hypertension

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2489-2499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieczyslaw Litwin ◽  
Anna Niemirska ◽  
Joanna Śladowska-Kozlowska ◽  
Aldona Wierzbicka ◽  
Roman Janas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Target Organ Damage ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
Target Organ ◽  
Primary Hypertension

scholarly journals Cardiovascular risk profile in patients with arterial hypertension who first seek medical attention

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
D. V. Nebieridze ◽  
T. V. Kamyshova ◽  
A. A. Sarycheva ◽  
A. S. Safaryan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Arterial Hypertension ◽  
Target Organ Damage ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Target Organ ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality

Aim.Objective assessment of cardiovascular risk (CVR) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH), who first contact with primary care setting.Material and methods. 300 patients (age 40-65 years) with sustained increase in arterial pressure and first seek medical attention were included in the study. All patients underwent medical examination, history taking to identify risk factors, blood pressure measurement and anthropometric research, biochemical blood assay to estimate levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, glucose. Based on the specified parameters, the risk was determined by SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation). After the risk assessment, all patients underwent an echo-cardiography, duplex ultrasonography screening of the brachiocephalic arteries and determination of microalbuminuria to detect target organ damage. According to results of a complex survey, the risk was reclassified based on the presence of target organ damage.Results.The study showed that patients with sustained AH who first seek medical attention have a large number of risk factors and their combinations, among which the most common are dyslipidemia (89,3%), smoking (37,7%) and obesity (28,3%). Patients with AH who first seek medical attention without clinical signs of atherosclerosis often have various disorders of target organs, such as left ventricular hypertrophy — 67,3%, thickening of carotid intima-media complex — 46,3%, atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries — 34,7%, microalbuminuria — 25,3%, as well as different combinations thereof. After a complex examination, the CVR profile of patients changes increases. According to SCORE 60% of patients with low and mean risk is reclassified to high risk.Conclusion.One of the most important tasks of health care system in Russia is to increase the efficiency of the CVR stratification systems, as well as to develop a new standards of examination of patients with AH on an outpatient stage, in order to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

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