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Prevalence of late ventricular potentials in hypertensive patients.
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PMID:  1715466     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Late ventricular potentials detected by signal averaging are used for predicting ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease. We studied the prevalence of signal-averaged late ventricular potentials in 37 male patients (mean age of 56 years) with angiographically normal coronary arteries. Seventeen patients were hypertensive (group A) and 20 patients were normotensive (group B). In group A, 5 of 17 patients (29%) had late ventricular potentials. In group B, only 1 of 20 patients (5%) had late potentials (p less than 0.05). Late ventricular potentials detected by signal averaging are more common in hypertensive patients than in healthy controls. Whether late ventricular potentials can be used to predict malignant ventricular arrhythmias or sudden cardiac death in hypertensive patients will have to be investigated in further studies.
Authors:
S Brune; B D Gonska; C Fleischmann; B Belles; G Belles; H Kreuzer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology     Volume:  17 Suppl 2     ISSN:  0160-2446     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol.     Publication Date:  1991  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-10-01     Completed Date:  1991-10-01     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7902492     Medline TA:  J Cardiovasc Pharmacol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  S146-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Göttingen, F.R.G.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Action Potentials
Adult
Aged
Death, Sudden
Electrocardiography
Humans
Hypertension / complications,  physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Signal Transduction
Tachycardia / epidemiology*,  mortality

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