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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)_80</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2017.80</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Evaluation of heart structure and function in prehypertensive and hypertensive individuals</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5545-6484</contrib-id><name><surname>Josipovi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Josipa</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/0000-0002-8432-404X</contrib-id><name><surname>Vrsalovi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Mislav</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/0000-0002-2546-4632</contrib-id><name><surname>Jelakovi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Bojan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>University Hospital Centre &#x00AB;Sestre milosrdnice&#x00BB;, Zagreb, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1">Address for correspondence: Josipa Josipovi&#x0107;, Klini&#x010D;ki bolni&#x010D;ki centar Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska cesta 29, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. / Phone: +385-1-3787-218 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="josipa.josipovic01@gmail.com">josipa.josipovic01@gmail.com</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>80</fpage>
<lpage>80</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>13</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>prehypertension</kwd><kwd>arterial hypertension</kwd><kwd>ehokardiografija</kwd><kwd>heart structure</kwd><kwd>heart function</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Uvod: Prehipertenzija (preHTN) definirana kao arterijski tlak 120-139 mmHg sistoli&#x010D;ki i 80-89 mmHg dijastoli&#x010D;ki, je heterogena skupina unutar kategorije normalnog tlaka s razli&#x010D;itim kardiovaskularnim rizicima. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r2"><italic>2</italic></xref>) Cilj ovog istra&#x017E;ivanja je ispitati povezanost visoko normalnog tlaka (vNT) (130-139/85-89 mmHg) i arterijske hipertenzije sa strukturnim i funkcijskim promjenama srca kao ciljnog organa o&#x0161;te&#x0107;enja u mla&#x0111;ih osoba.</p>
<p>Pacijenti i metode: U istra&#x017E;ivanje je uklju&#x010D;eno 114 ispitanika, prosje&#x010D;ne dobi 34 &#x00B1; 8 god. (65% mu&#x0161;karaca) s normalnim tlakom (NT) (&lt; 129/84 mmHg), vNT (130-139/85-89 mmHg) i novootkrivenom arterijskom hipertenzijom (HT) (&gt; 140/90 mmHg) izmjerenih automatiziranim tlakomjera&#x010D;em prema ESH smjernicama kojima je potom u&#x010D;injen ehokardiografski pregled. Skupine su uspore&#x0111;ivane analizom varijance uz post hoc Scheff&#x00E9; test.</p>
<p>Rezultati: Prosje&#x010D;ne vrijednosti arterijskog tlaka po skupinama (NT, vNT, HT) iznosile su 116/130/145 mmHg za sistoli&#x010D;ki i 72/81/96 mmHg za dijastoli&#x010D;ki tlak. Prosje&#x010D;na masa lijeve klijetke iznosila je 153/175/187 g uz statisti&#x010D;ki zna&#x010D;ajnu razliku izme&#x0111;u NT i HT (p&lt;0,05). Ejekcijska frakcija lijeve klijetke nije se zna&#x010D;ajno razlikovala izme&#x0111;u skupina. Volumeni lijevog atrija po skupinama su iznosili 20,2/19,1/22,2 ml/m<sup>2</sup> uz prisutan trend ka ve&#x0107;im vrijednostima u skupini HT (p = 0,071). Parametri dijastoli&#x010D;ke funkcije lijeve klijetke (E/A, E-DT) nisu se zna&#x010D;ajno razlikovali po skupinama, osim vrijednosti E/e&apos; koji su po skupinama iznosili 7,1/7,5/8,5 uz statisti&#x010D;ki zna&#x010D;ajnu razliku izme&#x0111;u HT i NT (p&lt;0,05) i trend vi&#x0161;ih vrijednosti u vNT. HT su bili statisti&#x010D;ki zna&#x010D;ajno stariji (33/31/38 godina; p = 0,003) uz ve&#x0107;i ITM (26,7/26,1/30,0 kg/m<sup>2</sup>; p &lt; 0,05). Skupine su se statisti&#x010D;ki zna&#x010D;ajno razlikovale po spolu, u skupinama s vNT i HT bio je ve&#x0107;i udio mu&#x0161;karaca (p = 0,003).</p>
<p>Zaklju&#x010D;ak: Mladi hipertoni&#x010D;ari imaju po&#x010D;etne poreme&#x0107;aje strukture i funkcije lijeve klijetke i pretklijetke bez statisti&#x010D;ki zna&#x010D;ajnih promjena u ispitanika s visoko normalnim arterijskim tlakom.</p>
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