PMID- 2526624
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19890825
LR  - 20090213
IS  - 0003-9683 (Print)
IS  - 0003-9683 (Linking)
VI  - 82
IP  - 3
DP  - 1989 Mar
TI  - [Electric left ventricular hypertrophy and pulsatile component of arterial 
      pressure in a population study].
PG  - 299-303
AB  - High systolic or diastolic blood pressure is a risk factor of left ventricular 
      hypertrophy. However, haemodynamically speaking blood pressure is made of two 
      components: continuous and pulsatile. Few authors have analysed the relationship 
      between these two components and left ventricular hypertrophy. A horizontal study 
      was conducted in 27, 687 subjects who volunteered for a medical check-up in 
      Paris. A principal component analysis led to the estimation of two distinct 
      parameters: a continuous pressure index (CPI) and a pulsed pressure index (PPI). 
      The correlation between CPI and age was linear, whereas PPI was independent of 
      age before 55 years and thereafter increased in a linear manner. This study also 
      confirmed the importance of the relationship between the continuous component of 
      blood pressure and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy. It is 
      suggested that the pulsatile component might also be a risk factor of left 
      ventricular hypertrophy independently of the continuous component level. Only a 
      prospective study would confirm that an increase in the pulsatile component of 
      blood pressure has a prognostic value as regards ventricular hypertrophy.
FAU - Darne, B
AU  - Darne B
AD  - INSERM U 258, hopital Broussais, Paris.
FAU - Girerd, X
AU  - Girerd X
FAU - Safar, M
AU  - Safar M
FAU - Guize, L
AU  - Guize L
LA  - fre
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TT  - Hypertrophie ventriculaire gauche electrique et composante pulsee de la pression 
      arterielle dans une etude de population.
PL  - France
TA  - Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss
JT  - Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
JID - 0406011
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Blood Pressure
MH  - Cardiomegaly/*physiopathology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - France
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*physiopathology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
EDAT- 1989/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1989 Mar;82(3):299-303.