Key result
Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients quadruples the risk for ventricular tachycardias and increases all-cause mortality by a factor of seven in men and nine in women.
Why the study?
Does arterial hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy increase the risk of cardiac arrhythmias and mortality?
Population
Patients with arterial hypertension, with or without left ventricular hypertrophy
Design
Review
Authors
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May support intensified arrhythmia monitoring in hypertensive LVH; leaves open prospective trials on outcome modification.
Does arterial hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy increase the risk of cardiac arrhythmias and mortality?
Arterial hypertension, especially when accompanied by left ventricular hypertrophy, significantly increases the risk of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias as well as all-cause mortality.
Hennersdorf et al. (2001) conducted a review in Arterial hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias. Left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients quadruples the risk for ventricular tachycardias and increases all-cause mortality by a factor of seven in men and nine in women.
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