HYPERTENSION AND LEFT-VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN LIQUIDATORS OF CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT

Authors
SHALNOVA SA SMOLENSKY AV SHAMARIN VM EKTOVA TV BERZAK NV ZEMTSOVA NA TIMOFEEVA SG ZHAVORONKOVA EA MUROMTSEVA GA ARKADYEVA MA DEEV AD
Citation
Sa. Shalnova et al., HYPERTENSION AND LEFT-VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN LIQUIDATORS OF CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT, Kardiologia, 38(6), 1998, pp. 48-50
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Kardiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00229040
Volume
38
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
48 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-9040(1998)38:6<48:HALHIL>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Echocardiography was used for the study of prevalence of left ventricu lar hypertrophy in 839 liquidators of consequences of the Chernobyl nu clear accident. Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventr icular myocardial mass 134 g/m(2)) was 10,3, 13,4 and 22,5% in liquida tors with normal blood pressure, borderline hypertension and hypertens ion, respectively. Liquidators with normal blood pressure had signific antly greater left ventricular myocardial mass than normotensive men f rom general population while liquidators and nonliquidators with hyper tension had equal values of this parameter.