INTERRELATION BETWEEN POLYFUNCTIONAL MONITORING DATA IN YOUNG MEN WITH PRE- OR MILD HYPERTENSION WITH DIFFERENT BLOOD PRESSURE DAILY PROFILE

Objective. To examine the clinical signifi  cance of polyfunctional 24-hour Holter monitoring with simultaneous recording of electrocardiogram, blood pressure (BP) and respiratory efforts by respiratory inductance plethysmography (Incart, Russia) and functional features of young men with prehypertension or mild arterial hypertension with different profi  le of night arterial blood pressure (BP) decline («dippers», «non-dippers», «over-dippers»).

Design and methods. We examined 43 adolescents and young men aged 16–26 years (mean age 19,4 ± 0,5 years). All of them underwent echocardiography («Vivid 7», GE); 48,8 % of patients were overweight or obese (body mass index, BMI > 24,9 kg/m2), and BMI was comparable in all groups. Results. Breathing disturbances (apnea/hypopnea episodes) were found in 86 % patients and were positively related with high frequency (HF) spectrum power of heart rate variability (HRV) at night-time and were not related with BMI, BP or type of night BP decline. The analysis of echocardiography revealed that in «non-dippers» (n = 18) left ventricular myocardial mass index (LVMMI) was higher (94,3 ± 16,6 g/m2) than in «over-dippers» (n = 15; 77,8 ± 10,3 g/m2, р < 0,001). In daytime «non-dippers» had lower HRV (total power spectrum and power in all three groups) and power spectrum of VLF and LF spectrum at night. The frequency of repolarization instability (transient T-wave inversion) and early repolarization syndrome was higher in «over-dippers» (66,7 %, р < 0,01). Circadian index of HR was also higher (150 %) in «over-dippers». The number of sleep apnea in «non-dippers» and «dippers» was higher (39,7 ± 29,7 and 37,1 ± 18,1 episodes per hour of sleep) than in «over-dippers» (22,3 ± 12,0 episodes per hour of sleep, р < 0,05), but the last group had more hypopneas.

Conclusion. Breathing disturbances were a frequent, and, probably, physiological, fi  nding at polyfunctional 24-hour Holter monitoring in young overweight men with pre- or mild hypertension. There is a relationship between LVMMI and nocturnal BP dipping even in young men. Young «non-dippers» demonstrate the same clinical pattern as the older ones. «Over-dipper» type is characterized predominantly by lower HR at night and ECG repolarization abnormalities. 

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