Residual small artery impairment in hypertensive patients with normal albumin-creatinine ratio

Objectives Previous studies have suggested that urine albumin excretion (UAE) mirrors generalized vascular damage; however, it is unclear to which degree UAE mirrors small artery impairment. Design We enrolled 67 patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension (EH) during stable antihypertensive therapy. F-Rmin, ACR on three non-consecutive morning urine samples, pulse wave velocity (PWV), and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABPM) were measured. Results ACR was low (0.39 and 0.30-0.60), but abnormal small artery structure defined as F-Rmin > mean + 2 standard deviations of normotensive value (1.99 + 1 mmHg min/(ml/100 ml)) was present in 45% (n = 30). The mean F-Rmin was 2.89 ± 0.09 mmHg min/(ml/100 ml). ACR correlated significantly to PWV (r(2 )=( )0.11; p < 0.05) and pulse pressure (r(2 )=( )0.15; p < 0.001), but not F-Rmin and (r(2 )=( )0.05, p = 0.07). Conclusions Abnormal microvascular structure was present even in EH patients with low UAE. ACR correlated to arterial stiffness and not to small artery structure; therefore, UEA did not reflect microvascular damage in this population. ACR and F-Rmin thus reflect two distinct types of subclinical organ damage in hypertension.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ - 50(2016), 3 vom: 09. Juni, Seite 167-71

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eftekhari, Ashkan [VerfasserIn]
Wiggers, Signe Nielsen [VerfasserIn]
Mathiassen, Ole Norling [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Kent Lodberg [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AYI8EX34EU
Antihypertensive Agents
Creatinine
Essential hypertension
Forearm minimum vascular resistance
Journal Article
Pulse wave velocity
Urine albumin excretion

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Date Completed 28.03.2017

Date Revised 21.02.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3109/14017431.2016.1152397

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM257285288