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. 2019 Aug;60(8):427-431.
doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019030. Epub 2019 Mar 11.

Relation of blood pressure variability to left ventricular function and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients

Sung-Hee Shin  1 , Ji-Hoon Jang  1 , Yong-Soo Baek  1 , Sung-Woo Kwon  1 , Sang-Don Park  1 , Seong-Ill Woo  1 , Dae-Hyeok Kim  1 , Jun Kwan  1
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Relation of blood pressure variability to left ventricular function and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients

Sung-Hee Shin et al. Singapore Med J. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Introduction: Variability of blood pressure (BP) has been reported to be related to worse cardiovascular outcomes. We examined the impact of daytime systolic BP variability on left ventricular (LV) function and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients.

Methods: Ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) and echocardiography were performed in 116 hypertensive patients. We assessed BP variability as standard deviations of daytime systolic BP on 24-hour ABPM. Conventional echocardiographic parameters, area strain and three-dimensional diastolic index (3D-DI) using 3D speckle tracking were measured. Arterial stiffness was evaluated by acquiring pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index.

Results: Patients with higher BP variability showed significantly increased left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and late mitral inflow velocity, as well as decreased E/A (early mitral inflow velocity/late mitral inflow velocity) ratio, area strain and 3D-DI than those with lower BP variability (LVMI: p = 0.02; A velocity: p < 0.001; E/A ratio: p < 0.001; area strain: p = 0.02; 3D-DI: p = 0.04). In addition, increased BP variability was associated with higher PWV and augmentation index (p < 0.001). Even among patients whose BP was well controlled, BP variability was related to LV mass, diastolic dysfunction and arterial stiffness.

Conclusion: Increased BP variability was associated with LV mass and dysfunction, as well as arterial stiffness, suggesting that BP variability may be an important determinant of target organ damage in hypertensive patients.

Keywords: arterial stiffness; blood pressure; echocardiography.

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