RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ischaemic heart disease in young hypertensive women.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 80
OP 87
DO 10.1136/hrt.43.1.80
VO 43
IS 1
A1 A Mackay
A1 A M Cumming
A1 J J Brown
A1 A F Lever
A1 J I Robertson
YR 1980
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/43/1/80.abstract
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.