Paloma Manea1, Rodica Ghiuru2. 1. University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa-laşi, Faculty of Medicine. 2. University Hospital C.F. lasi, Vth Medical and Geriatry-Gerontology Clinic.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Comparison between cerebrovascular accident (CVA) relapse in hypertensive patients with sigmoid interventricular septum (SIS) and CVA relapse in hypertensive patients without SIS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We selected 36 hypertensive patients, all of them complicated with previous CVA; 18 patients had SIS (Group A) and 18 patients didn't have SIS (Group B). The utilized methods were the following: clinical examination, electrocardiogram, transthoracic echocardiogram, biochemical findings and complete blood count, performed every 3 months, during 2 years of observation. Another method, addressed for CVA relapse patients, were cerebral computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging .The recommended treatment was administered according to the European therapeutic guidelines. RESULTS: 6 (out of 18) patients with SIS presented a CVA relapse and only 1 (out of 18) patient without SIS revealed a CVA relapse. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support recent conclusions from another publications: patients with SIS (an apparently benign condition, which is a part of the cardiac modifications usually discovered in elderly people) have a higher cardiovascular risk for acute events, than the patients without SIS.
OBJECTIVES: Comparison between cerebrovascular accident (CVA) relapse in hypertensivepatients with sigmoid interventricular septum (SIS) and CVA relapse in hypertensivepatients without SIS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We selected 36 hypertensivepatients, all of them complicated with previous CVA; 18 patients had SIS (Group A) and 18 patients didn't have SIS (Group B). The utilized methods were the following: clinical examination, electrocardiogram, transthoracic echocardiogram, biochemical findings and complete blood count, performed every 3 months, during 2 years of observation. Another method, addressed for CVA relapse patients, were cerebral computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging .The recommended treatment was administered according to the European therapeutic guidelines. RESULTS: 6 (out of 18) patients with SIS presented a CVA relapse and only 1 (out of 18) patient without SIS revealed a CVA relapse. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support recent conclusions from another publications: patients with SIS (an apparently benign condition, which is a part of the cardiac modifications usually discovered in elderly people) have a higher cardiovascular risk for acute events, than the patients without SIS.