Prevalencia del riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes hipertensos según su ritmo circadiano de presión arterial de enero 2021 a enero 2022 en el Hospital IESS Ceibos.

Abstract

Arterial hypertension is considered an important risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases. With a simple measurement of blood pressure we could make a correct diagnosis and with the proper use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring we could determine the circadian rhythm of each patient, which is also believed to be related to cardiovascular risk. The increased prevalence of this pathology is due to the presence of bad habits such as a sedentarism, poor diet and toxic habits, among others, which create an increase in risk factors for the development of certain cardiovascular diseases. The measurement of cardiovascular risk in these patients will help us to determine the probability that these will appear in a given number of years. For this reason, this retrospective study was carried out, using Pearson's chi square between the circadian rhythm patterns of blood pressure and its relationship with cardiovascular risk in cardiology outpatients at Hospital General del Norte IESS Ceibos. At the end of this research, it was concluded that the pattern of the circadian rhythm is related to cardiovascular risk, where we also found that the lack of decrease in nocturnal blood pressure, a pattern known as no dipper, is directly related to the increase in cardiovascular risk, even these patients present a considerable increase in modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, a situation that does not decrease in our setting.