PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A Mackay AU - A M Cumming AU - J J Brown AU - A F Lever AU - J I Robertson TI - Ischaemic heart disease in young hypertensive women. AID - 10.1136/hrt.43.1.80 DP - 1980 Jan 01 TA - British Heart Journal PG - 80--87 VI - 43 IP - 1 4099 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/43/1/80.short 4100 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/43/1/80.full SO - Heart1980 Jan 01; 43 AB - The association between hypertension and ischaemic heart disease was explored in a retrospective analysis of 50 severely hypertensive premenopausal women (presenting diatolic pressure greater than or equal to 120 mmHg) under 45 years of age who were seen over a seven-year period. Twenty-two per cent of these patients had angina pectoris, and 38 per cent had Minnesota code 4-1 or 5-1 changes on the resting electrocardiogram. The contribution of other risk factors, including smoking habits, was assessed: 72 per cent of the patients smoked; significantly less smoking was found among two groups of age-matched women with less severe hypertension [diastolic pressures of 90 to 104 mmHg (n=50) and 105 to 119 mmHg (n=50)]. In these latter groups, only one patient had angina pectoris and none had 4-1 or 5-1 changes on the electrocardiogram.