Prehypertension
Conditions
Interventions
This is an analytical, multicenter cross-sectional study whose primary outcome will be intracranial compliance in patients with different levels of blood pressure. Total sample of 500 patients. The an
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Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Goiás
Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects will be over 18 years of age; pre-hypertensive (arterial pressure sistolic between 130 and 139 mmHg and/or arterial pressure diastolic between 85 and 89 mmHg) or hypertensive (arterial pressure sistolic higher than 140 mmHg and/or arterial pressure diastolic lower than 90 mmHg) according to office blood pressure measurement
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients taking blood pressure medication; with stage 3 hypertension (arterial pressure sistolic higher than 180 mmHg and/or arterial pressure diastolic higher than 110 mmHg); pregnant or puerperal women; patients diagnosed with intracranial hypertension; patients with hydrocephalus, previous cardiovascular disease which will be defined as: history of coronary heart disease (angina, previous heart attact), diagnosis of Heart Failure, history of valvular heart disease, diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias, obstructive peripheral arterial disease, aortic aneurysm, previous stroke and advanced chronic liver disease (Child B and C)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We expect to find the value of the P2/P1 ratio greater than 1.2 and the value of the Time to peak (TTP) greater than 0.20 s | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactWeimar de Souza
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Goiás
Outcome results
None listed