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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC_12(3)_60</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2017.60</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Masked uncontrolled hypertension in cardiology outpatient practice</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8446-6120</contrib-id><name><surname>Ben&#x010D;i&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Martina Lovri&#x0107;</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-7789</contrib-id><name><surname>Eder</surname><given-names>Gregor</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mihajlovi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Marina</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1">Address for correspondence: Martina Lovri&#x0107; Ben&#x010D;i&#x0107;, Klini&#x010D;ki bolni&#x010D;ki centar Zagreb, Ki&#x0161;pati&#x0107;eva 12, &#x2028;HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. / Phone: +385-1-2367-156 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="martina.lovric@zg.t-com.hr">martina.lovric@zg.t-com.hr</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub"><month>03</month><year>2017</year></pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<fpage>60</fpage>
<lpage>60</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>18</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>28</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></date>
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<copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>Keywords: </title><kwd>masked hypertension</kwd><kwd>ambulatory blood pressure monitoring</kwd><kwd>fixed combination treatment</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Uvod: Mjerenje arterijskog tlaka (AT) u lije&#x010D;ni&#x010D;koj ordinaciji &#x010D;esto ne daje potpunu informaciju o dobro ili lo&#x0161;e reguliranoj arterijskoj hipertenziji (AH). Potpunije podatke dobivamo iz bolesni&#x010D;kog dnevnika samomjerenja, a najto&#x010D;nije kontinuiranim 24-satnim mjerenjem AT-a (KMAT). Cilj istra&#x017E;ivanja je utvrditi incidenciju nekontrolirane maskirane AT u bolesnika pra&#x0107;enih u kardiolo&#x0161;koj ambulanti tijekom 12 mjeseci.</p>
<p>Pacijenti i metode: Retrospektivno su analizirani podaci za 714 bolesnika (prosje&#x010D;ne dobi 74 &#x00B1; 10,2 godine), 328 (46%) bilo je mu&#x0161;karaca i 386 (54%) &#x017E;ena. 228 (32%) bolesnika pra&#x0107;eno je samo zbog AH, 371 (52%) bolesnik imao je koronarnu bolest srca, a 243 (35%) dijabetes, 186 (26%) atrijsku fibrilaciju i druge komorbiditete u manjim udjelima. Svi bolesnici su imali u terapiji najmanje dva antihipertenziva, a lijekovi su obuhva&#x0107;ali skupine: ACE inihibitori/ARB, beta blokatori, Ca antagonisti, dijuretici + ostala terapija ovisno o dijagnozama: statini, hipoglikemici, antikoagulantni i antiagregacijski lijekovi. Bolesnici su tijekom pra&#x0107;enja u dva navrata snimali KMAT.</p>
<p>Rezultati: U prvom mjerenju KMAT-om na&#x0111;eno je 157 bolesnika (22%) s vrijednostima AT-a vi&#x0161;im od 140/90 mmHg, odnosno no&#x0107;u 120/80 mmHg, iako su na pregledu kod lije&#x010D;nika obiteljske medicine i u kardiolo&#x0161;koj ambulanti imali vrijednosti AT &#x2264; 135/85 mmHg. U kontrolnom mjerenju KMAT-om nakon 3 do 6 mjeseci od korekcije terapije uvo&#x0111;enjem kombiniranih antihipertenziva (posebice s tri aktivne supstance) samo 57 (8%) bolesnika imalo je i dalje nereguliranu maskiranu AT, a svi su bili dijabeti&#x010D;ari.</p>
<p>Zaklju&#x010D;ak: Uporaba KMAT-a nu&#x017E;na je za otkrivanje neregulirane maskirane AH i optimizaciju medikamentnog lije&#x010D;enja. Suradljivost bolesnika pobolj&#x0161;ava se uvo&#x0111;enjem kombiniranih antihipertenziva. U dijabeti&#x010D;kih bolesnika najte&#x017E;e smo postizali dobro reguliranu AH.</p>
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