<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the cross-sectional study was to estimate the absolute 10-year risk for fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with hypertension by Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE). The study was carried out in 2016 as part of Project No 4/2016. Ninety-one patients aged 40-89 years were included. The mean age of the sample was 66.0±11.0, and 44.0% were males. Information of the patients’ risk profile included about age, gender, blood pressure, smoking and total cholesterol. The patients with hypertension were stratified according to a 10-year absolute risk of CVD. Data were processed by Statistical Package for Social Science versions 19.0 (SPSS.v.19.0). Over two-thirds of the patients had 1 stage hypertension (31.9%) and 2 stage hypertension (37.4%). Median systolic blood pressure on admission to the clinics was 160 mg Hg, and median diastolic blood pressure was 90 mm Hg. Total serum cholesterol values exceeded 4.9 mmol/L in 64.0% of the patients. Smokers accounted for about one-fourth of the patients, most of them having smoked for 40 years. The mean number of risk factors for CVD was 3.0. Over 65% of the patients were found to be at a very high 10-year absolute risk of fatal CVD by SCORE. Cardiovascular risk assessment has important role in prevention of morbidity, premature death and disability of CVD.</p></abstract>

The aim of the cross-sectional study was to estimate the absolute 10-year risk for fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with hypertension by Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE). The study was carried out in 2016 as part of Project No 4/2016. Ninety-one patients aged 40-89 years were included. The mean age of the sample was 66.0±11.0, and 44.0% were males. Information of the patients’ risk profile included about age, gender, blood pressure, smoking and total cholesterol. The patients with hypertension were stratified according to a 10-year absolute risk of CVD. Data were processed by Statistical Package for Social Science versions 19.0 (SPSS.v.19.0). Over two-thirds of the patients had 1 stage hypertension (31.9%) and 2 stage hypertension (37.4%). Median systolic blood pressure on admission to the clinics was 160 mg Hg, and median diastolic blood pressure was 90 mm Hg. Total serum cholesterol values exceeded 4.9 mmol/L in 64.0% of the patients. Smokers accounted for about one-fourth of the patients, most of them having smoked for 40 years. The mean number of risk factors for CVD was 3.0. Over 65% of the patients were found to be at a very high 10-year absolute risk of fatal CVD by SCORE. Cardiovascular risk assessment has important role in prevention of morbidity, premature death and disability of CVD.

Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Hospitalized Patients with Hypertension Aged 40 and Over

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social Pharmacy

University Hospital “Dr Georgi Stranski”

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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The aim of the cross-sectional study was to estimate the absolute 10-year risk for fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with hypertension by...

Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Hospitalized Patients with Hypertension Aged 40 and Over

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 50 - 57

Received: Jun 15, 2017

Accepted: Nov 02, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2017-0010

Keywords
patient risk profile, hypertension, cardiovascular risk assessment, SCORE risk chart

© 2017 Joana I. Simeonova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Hospitalized Patients with Hypertension Aged 40 and Over

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 50 - 57

Received: Jun 15, 2017

Accepted: Nov 02, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2017-0010

Keywordspatient risk profile, hypertension, cardiovascular risk assessment, SCORE risk chart

© 2017 Joana I. Simeonova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
patient risk profile, hypertension, cardiovascular risk assessment, SCORE risk chart