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G Mariotti

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PubMed1985

[Echocardiographic evaluation of the left ventricular morphology and function in adolescents with mild arterial hypertension].

A few studies have been carried out in humans on the morphology and function of the cardiovascular system in the early phases of hypertension. Furthermore, the data which have been provided are controversal and, in particular, a hyperkinetic status has been found only by some authors. For this reason, we planned to study the type and degree of cardiac involvement in 25 male adolescents with mild hypertension, by means of M-mode echocardiography. The control group consisted of 100 normotensive males matched for age and sex. The following indices of left ventricular hypertrophy were significantly higher in cases than in controls: posterior wall thickness (10.4 +/- 1.0 vs 9.1 +/- 1.7 mm; p less than 0.001), cross sectional area (18.3 +/- 2.7 vs 16.6 +/- 3.2 cm2; p less than 0.02) and left ventricular mass (230.9 +/- 46.7 vs 206.2 +/- 54.0 g; p less than 0.05). After normalizing for body surface area, only posterior wall thickness was still significantly greater in cases (5.7 +/- 0.6 vs 5.2 +/- 1.0 mm/m2; p less than 0.01). Among the indices of left ventricular function, only the posterior wall excursion was significantly greater in mild hypertensives than in controls. Our data do not confirm the existence of a hyperkinetic status in subjects with mild hypertension. The type of morphological alterations we found and their modest correlation to blood pressure suggest that factors besides an increased afterload are involved in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

[Association between arterial pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors in adolescence].

A screening for hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors was carried out during 1981 in a population of 1142 subjects (675 males and 467 females) aged 14-18 years. Aim of the study was to analyze the distribution of blood pressure values and of variables possibly associated with hypertension in a population of adolescents. The mean value of systolic blood pressure was higher in males than in females, slightly increasing with age in males and decreasing in females. The diastolic blood pressure was similar, and increased with age in both sexes. The prevalence of individuals with systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg resulted of 16.1% in males and of 5.6% in females; the prevalence of adolescents with diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mmHg was much lower, being of 2.5% and 1.5% respectively. The average value of heart rate was higher in females and decreased with age in both sexes. Males showed significantly greater height and weight, but the body mass index was nearly equal in the two sexes; females had thicker skinfolds. All these variables only in males were clearly associated with age. Among anamnestic variables, only smoking habits, alcohol consumption and physical activity were significantly different in the two sexes. A positive family history for hypertension was present in 31.4% of the adolescents in whom an objective assessment was possible. In both sexes the systolic blood pressure appeared significantly related to heart rate, body weight, body mass index and skinfold thickness.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Prolactin stimulation by intravenous labetalol is mediated inside the central nervous system.

We have previously reported that labetalol infusion increases prolactin (PRL) secretion in hypertensive patients. In an attempt to investigate the site where labetalol stimulates PRL, the drug was infused intravenously (100 mg) into healthy subjects, both under basal conditions and after pretreatment with L-dopa plus carbidopa (250 mg and 25 mg respectively every 6 h for 1 day), since this regimen has been reported to blunt the PRL responses to centrally acting stimuli. The effects of oral labetalol administration (100 and 200 mg) on PRL was also evaluated. Serum PRL concentration did not change after oral labetalol, whereas it was increased by intravenous drug administration. This effect was completely abolished by pretreatment with L-dopa plus carbidopa. These findings, though they do not demonstrate the mechanism, suggest that the hyperprolactinaemia induced by labetalol is mediated inside the blood-brain barrier.

Administration, Oral↗
PubMed1980

Chromosome 13 deletion syndrome: report of a new case and discussion of the different etiologic patterns of retinoblastoma.

A partial monosomy 13 by interstitial deletion was found in the complement of a patient with mental retardation and mild dysmorphic features. Due to the involvement of band q14 in the deletion, an ocular investigation was performed which showed the presence of a retinoblastoma in a preclinical stage. The different patterns of retinoblastoma inheritance are discussed and the importance of an accurate clinical investigation is stressed in all cases in whom chromosomal aberration is known to be associated with neoplasias.

Child, Preschool↗
PubMed1980

[Electrocardiographic exercise test in assessment of hemodynamic patterns of mitral stenosis (author's transl)].

An ECG exercise test was performed in 36 patients with mitral stenosis, all in sinus rhythm and without digitalis therapy. In 21 subjects (group I = 58.6%) the test was negative, in the other 15 (group II = 41.7%) ischemic abnormalities of the ST segment were recorded during exercise; the mean value for the age is the same in both groups. All patients underwent cardiac catheterization; pulmonary pressure--and in 15 patients also cardiac output with thermodilution technique--were measured at rest and during the same exercise used for the ECG test. No relationship was found between ECG response and pulmonary capillary pressure (PCP), neither at rest nor during exercise, while exercise pressure values were well correlated with those at rest. The group I cardiac index (IC) and systolic index (IS) are significantly higher than in group II; the difference is remarkably more evident for the same indexes recorded during exercise, with splitting values, between the two groups, of 5000 ml/min/m2 for IC and 40 ml/beat/m2 for IS. Heart rate changes induced by exercise were similar in both groups, thus confirming the importance of the behaviour of output indexes. It is therefore possible to identify in mitral disease hemodynamic patterns due to different grouping of pathological features above (PCP) and below (IC) the valvular stenosis. Various hypothesis could be made in order to interpret the relationship between cardiac output and ischemic response to exercise. Anyway our results indicate that exercise ECG test is a non invasive technique useful to identify, among patients affected by mitral stenosis, those with a low IC and, mainly, those in whom this parameter fails to increase adequately with exercise.

Adult↗