Cardiovascular risk profile in patients with arterial hypertension who first seek medical attention

Aim. Objective assessment of cardiovascular risk (CVR) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH), who first contact with primary care setting.

Material and methods. 300 patients (age 40-65 years) with sustained increase in arterial pressure and first seek medical attention were included in the study. All patients underwent medical examination, history taking to identify risk factors, blood pressure measurement and anthropometric research, biochemical blood assay to estimate levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, glucose. Based on the specified parameters, the risk was determined by SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation). After the risk assessment, all patients underwent an echo-cardiography, duplex ultrasonography screening of the brachiocephalic arteries and determination of microalbuminuria to detect target organ damage. According to results of a complex survey, the risk was reclassified based on the presence of target organ damage.

Results. The study showed that patients with sustained AH who first seek medical attention have a large number of risk factors and their combinations, among which the most common are dyslipidemia (89,3%), smoking (37,7%) and obesity (28,3%). Patients with AH who first seek medical attention without clinical signs of atherosclerosis often have various disorders of target organs, such as left ventricular hypertrophy — 67,3%, thickening of carotid intima-media complex — 46,3%, atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries — 34,7%, microalbuminuria — 25,3%, as well as different combinations thereof. After a complex examination, the CVR profile of patients changes increases. According to SCORE 60% of patients with low and mean risk is reclassified to high risk.

Conclusion. One of the most important tasks of health care system in Russia is to increase the efficiency of the CVR stratification systems, as well as to develop a new standards of examination of patients with AH on an outpatient stage, in order to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

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