Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study
OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of hypertension in chagasic patients, as well as its clinical behavior and cardiologic findings. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective study with 225 patients with chronic Chagas' disease and hypertension (104 males), mean age of 55.1 ± 11.8. These patients...
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| author | Cristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel Armando Miguel Junior Clayde Regina Mendes Carolina Okada Zerbini Thiago Mussato Carcioni |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of hypertension in chagasic patients, as well as its clinical behavior and cardiologic findings. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective study with 225 patients with chronic Chagas' disease and hypertension (104 males), mean age of 55.1 ± 11.8. These patients were being followed up in the outpatient care clinics from 1984 to 2000. The study assessed the clinical, electrocardiographic, and radiological viewpoints. RESULTS: Of the 225 hypertensive patients (prevalence = 33.3%), 78 (34.7%) had mild hypertension, 108 (48%) had moderate hypertension, and 39 (17.3%) had severe hypertension. The association of left anterosuperior divisional block and right bundle-branch block occurred in 39 cases (17.3%), and enlargement of the cardiac area on radiological examination occurred in 93 (44.9%) of the 207 cases studied. The undetermined form of Chagas' disease was the most prevalent, 30.2% of the cases, followed by the form associated with conduction disorders in 27.1%, and the isolated form of conduction disorders in 21.3%. CONCLUSION: Chagasic patients had a frequency of hypertension similar to that of the general population, and the clinical profile of the hypertensive chagasic patients seemed not to differ a lot from that of the chagasic patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-910d2346bc5c49a1b5c6c01144c811102022-12-21T21:23:32ZengSociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia1678-41702003-12-0181654554810.1590/S0066-782X2003001400001Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical studyCristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel0Armando Miguel Junior1Clayde Regina Mendes2Carolina Okada Zerbini3Thiago Mussato Carcioni4Pontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasOBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of hypertension in chagasic patients, as well as its clinical behavior and cardiologic findings. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective study with 225 patients with chronic Chagas' disease and hypertension (104 males), mean age of 55.1 ± 11.8. These patients were being followed up in the outpatient care clinics from 1984 to 2000. The study assessed the clinical, electrocardiographic, and radiological viewpoints. RESULTS: Of the 225 hypertensive patients (prevalence = 33.3%), 78 (34.7%) had mild hypertension, 108 (48%) had moderate hypertension, and 39 (17.3%) had severe hypertension. The association of left anterosuperior divisional block and right bundle-branch block occurred in 39 cases (17.3%), and enlargement of the cardiac area on radiological examination occurred in 93 (44.9%) of the 207 cases studied. The undetermined form of Chagas' disease was the most prevalent, 30.2% of the cases, followed by the form associated with conduction disorders in 27.1%, and the isolated form of conduction disorders in 21.3%. CONCLUSION: Chagasic patients had a frequency of hypertension similar to that of the general population, and the clinical profile of the hypertensive chagasic patients seemed not to differ a lot from that of the chagasic patients.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003001400001&tlng=enChagas' diseasehypertension |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel Armando Miguel Junior Clayde Regina Mendes Carolina Okada Zerbini Thiago Mussato Carcioni Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Chagas' disease hypertension |
| title | Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study |
| title_full | Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study |
| title_fullStr | Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study |
| title_short | Frequency of hypertension in chronic Chagas' disease: retrospective clinical study |
| title_sort | frequency of hypertension in chronic chagas disease retrospective clinical study |
| topic | Chagas' disease hypertension |
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