简介：ObjectivesToinvestigatetheprevalenceofhypertensionanditsprimaryriskfactorsinpatientswithdilatedcardiomyopathy(DCM).MethodsThreehundredandsixty-twopatientswithDCM(DCMgroup)and401age-matchedresidents(controlgroup)wereenrolledrandomlyinthestudy,thehypertensiveprevalenceratewerecalculatedrespectivelyinthetwogroupsandwerecomparedwitheachother;thepatientsintheDCMgroupweredividedintotwosubgroups(hypertensionsubgroupandnon-hypertensionsubgroup)accordingtowhetherthepatientshavehypertension;theclinicaldatarelatedtobloodpressurewascomparedbetweenthetwosubgroups.ResultsTheprevalenceofhypertensioninDCMgroupwassignificantlyhigherthanthatinthecontrolgroup(32.8%vs.20.1%,P<0.01);Therewerenosignificantdifferencesontheage,gender,occupationandleftventricularejectionfraction(LVEF)betweenthetwosubgroups,butthemeanheartrateandthepercentageofpatientswhohadfamilyhistoryofhypertensionweresignificantlyhigherinthehypertensionsubgroupthanthatinthenon-hypertensionsubgroup(P<0.05andP<0.01).ConclusionsTheprevalenceofhypertensioninpatientswithDCMwashigh;TheincreasedactivityofsympatheticnervoussystemandthehypertensivegeneticfactormaybethemainriskfactorsofhypertensioninpatientswithDCM.

简介：ObjectivesToinvestigatetherelatedpathogenicfactorsofhypertensionaffectingthemiddle-agedinsuburbanareasinMudanjiangCityandfurtherpopularizehealtheducationwithregardtohypertension.MethodsAsurveywasconductedon858middle-agedpeopleof35to59yearsoldfromsuchsuburbanareasasJinglongvillage,BadavillageandFengshouvillagebyadoptingthehypertensivedefinitionandclassifyingstandardofanWHO/ISHhypertensivetreatmentguidancein1999.ResultsPositivecorrelationwasshownbetweenoccurrenceofhypertensionandsuchelementsasdietinexcesssalt,drinking,obesity,smoking.ConclusionsItisofgreatclinicalsignificancetocombatandpreventthehypertensionbyregulatingone'sdietandlifestyle.

简介：BackgroundValvularheartdisease(VHD)isdefinedasastructuralorfunctionalabnormalityincardiacvalvewhichencompassesanumberofcommoncardiovascularconditions.ThisstudywasaimedtoanalyzetheepidemiologicalchangesofVHDinasinglecardiovascularcenterofSouthernChina.MethodsAtotalof13,138VHDpatientsofGuangdonggeneralhospitalfromJanuary2011toDecember2013werescreenedbytransthoracicechocardiography(TTE)ortransesophagealechocardiography(TEE)andenrolledforthisstudy.Themorbidity,etiologicalspectrumandmanagementofthesepatientswereanalyzed.Continuousvariableswereexpressedasmean±standarddeviation.Categoricalvariableswereexpressedasratioorpercentage.ResultsPatientsinthisstudyweredividedintodifferentgroupsandwereanalyzedthroughoutchangesinmorbidity,etiologicalspectrumandmanagement.ConclusionsTheprevalenceofVHDremainshighinSouthernChinaandRHDisstilltheleadingetiologyofVHD.Butmorbidityrateisreducedandsurgeryisstillthemaintreatmentoption.