General Practitioners Should Understand
The Subtype Of Essential Hypertension-Longitudinal Hypertension
NIE Liantao1，ZHANG Fangfang1，JING Yan1，HUANG Juxiang1，YAN Qiongwen1，ZHOU Yuhan1，
LI Shifeng1，LI Zhongjian1，RUAN
Bingxin2
1.Department of Electrocardiography, the Second Affiliated Hospital
of Zhengzhou
University,450014,China
2.Department of Electrocardiography,Nanning first people's
Hospital,530022,China
*Corresponding author:LI Zhongjian,Professor, chief technologist; E-mail:
lizhongjian56@126.com 【Abstract】In clinical work and daily life，target organ damage caused by blood pressure ≥ 140/90mmHg（1mmHg=0.133kPa）usually attracts
attention，but target organ
damage caused by blood pressure <140/90mmHg will often be ignored.Therefore，in order to improve the
innovative concept and research orientation of hypertension,the research team
proposed "longitudinal hypertension".This article found that the
transverse hypertension emphasizes the “quantity” change caused by blood pressure≥140/90mmHg ， while the
“longitudinal hypertension” emphasizes both "quantity" change and
"quality" change of each individual through the introdution of the
concept，diagnostic
criteria and advantages of "longitudinal hypertension"，
similaritiesanddifferences between “longitudinal
hypertension” and transverse hypertension.Therefore，as primary health
caregivers，general
practitioners should understand and master the essence，concept，diagnosis and treatment
methods of "longitudinal hypertension".At the same time，the research team also
hopes to discuss and improve the existence and application value of
"longitudinal hypertension" with colleagues.
【Keywords】 general practitioner,
essential hypertension, transversehypertension, longitudinal hypertension,
electrocardiography, morphology
Five thousand years of traditional
Chinese Medicinehas the concept and characteristics of "one person, one
pulse diagnosis" and "one person, one prescription".That is to
say, the method and traditional idea of syndrome differentiation and treatment
according to people are in the same line with the idea of modern evidence-based
medicine.In clinical work and daily life,the damage of heart, brain, kidney,
eyes, ears (sudden deafness/tinnitus) and other target organs caused by blood
pressure≥140/90mmHg (1mmHg=0.133 kPa) often attracts people's
attention.However, the target organ damage caused by blood pressure
<140/90mmHg is not recognized, understood or even valued by people, but it
can also lead to the same outcomes as the target organ damage caused by blood
pressure≥140/90mmHg, such as cerebral thrombosis, cerebral hemorrhage,
myocardial infarction and even sudden cardiac death.Based on this, our team
proposes the concept and diagnostic method of "longitudinal
hypertension"(or atypical hypertension) for the first time.That is to say,
the patient's blood pressure increases 20-30mmHg compared with that at the age
of 18 years old, accompanied by clinical manifestations of hypertension and
objective examination indications of target organ damage,which can be
diagnosised "longitudinal hypertension".Why does "longitudinal
hypertension" cause damage to human target organs?Because everyone's appearance,
height, weight, appetite, sleep and so on are different, so the basic blood
pressure (blood pressure at the age of 18years old) and blood pressure with age
(adult) will bedifferent.Howto determine, judge and "customize"one
person's "longitudinal hypertension"?Clinically, it can be combined
with the subjective and objective indicators of
patients.Subjectiveindicators-hypertension symptoms:headache,dizziness, head
discomfort, blurred vision, stiff neck, fatigue, etc.Objective indicators-functional
examinations (occasional blood pressure measurement, ambulatory blood pressure
measurement, home self-test blood pressure measurement, cardiac function
examination, etc.),electrical examinations (ECG, vectorcardiogram, Holter,
etc.),morphological examinations (echocardiography, X-ray, CT, MRI, etc.)
andlaboratory examinations.As an innovative idea and research direction to
improve hypertension, longitudinal hypertension proposed in this paper is
essentially different from transverse hypertension. For example, transverse
hypertension emphasizes the change of "quantity" of blood pressure≥140/90mmHg,
while longitudinal hypertension emphasizes not only the change of
"quantity", but also the change of "quality" of each
individual.Therefore, general practitioners should understand and master the
essence, concept, diagnosis and treatment of "longitudinal
hypertension", so as to contribute to the prevention and control of
cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in healthy China 2030.
1.What is the globally accepted blood pressure
assessment method?
1.1 Blood pressure measurement At present, there are
three main methods for blood pressure diagnosis, level classification and
evaluation of antihypertensive effect in the world, including clinic blood
pressure, ambulatory blood pressure and home self-test blood pressure. However,
the European hypertension guidelines[1] no longer recommend clinic
blood pressure as the only standard for screening and diagnosis of
hypertension, but pay attention to ambulatory blood pressure and home blood
pressure monitoring for the detection and identification of white coat
hypertension and cryptorchidism Occult hypertension. The new guidelines for
hypertension in the United States[2] also agree with this view.
1.2 Diagnostic criteria of hypertension At present, the
diagnostic criteria of hypertension (Europe, China[1、3]): (1) the diagnostic criteria of
clinic blood pressure:≥140/90mmHg without using antihypertensive drugs measured three times
on different days; (2) the diagnostic criteria of ambulatory blood pressure:
24h ambulatory mean blood pressure≥130/80mmHg, daytime≥ 135/85mmHg, night≥120/70mmHg (3) the diagnostic criteria of home self-test blood
pressure:≥
135/85mmHg.American diagnostic criteria for
hypertension: ≥ 130/80mmHg without using antihypertensive drugs measured three times
on different days.The continuous adjustment and change of the diagnostic
criteria for hypertension is due to the continuous understanding of the harm of
hypertension. From the first generation of hypertension criteria ≥160/95mmHg to
the second generation of hypertension criteria ≥140/90mmHg, and then to
the new American guidelines ≥ 130/80mmHg, all lie in the prevention and control of cardiovascular
and cerebrovascular events[4].Studies have shown that blood pressure
>115/75 mmHg, blood pressure growth and the risk of cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular events are log linear correlation.The concept put forward of
prehypertension or high normotensive blood pressure（120~139/80~89mm Hg）demonstrates that the risk
of hypertension and coronary heart disease in prehypertensive population is
significantly higher compared with the population <120/80mmHg, which
suggests that there may be early damage of target organs such as heart, brain,
kidney, eye and blood vessel in prehypertensive patients[5].The
epidemiological datas in China showed that 32.1% of the population aged 35-54
years has prehypertension, and the risk of stroke, coronary heart disease and
cardiovascular events increases by 56.0%, 44.0% and 52.0% respectively[6].There
are more than 10 million people with hypotension in China[7].With
the increase of blood pressure to a certain extent, there will be hypertension
related clinical symptoms and target organ damage.Therefore, the adjustment of
diagnostic criteria for hypertension should be based on evidence-based
medicine, and there are differences in race, diet structure and living habits
between China and foreign countries,which needs consistent and need more
in-depth study.
1.3 Target of antihypertension Chinese guidelines[3] recommend that patients with low risk stratification of hypertension:
<140/90mmHg, patients with high risk stratification of hypertension: <
130/80mmHg,consistenting with the new antihypertensive goal of the European
guidelines[1], but contrary to the 2017 USA guidelines[2],The
target of American blood pressure control is < 130/80mmHg for patients with
stable coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, chronic kidney disease,
diabetes, even elderly patients in good condition aged over 65 years old .In
Chinese guidelines, on the basis of the above, there are age stratification:
(1) for patients over 80 years old with hypertension, the blood pressure is
reduced to <150/90mmHg first, and then to <140/90mm Hg if they can
tolerate it; (2) for elderly weakened patients with hypertension, the systolic
blood pressure control target is < 150 mm Hg, but not less than 130 mm Hg as
far as possible.According to the 2018 European hypertension guidelines[1],
the lower limit of blood pressure control should be ≥120/70mmHg for general
hypertensive patients, and ≥130/70mmHg for chronic kidney disease patients and elderly patients
over 65 years old. The new guidelines of China, the United States, and Europe
define the goal of reducing blood pressure in hypertension, which aims to avoid
the risk of excessive blood pressure and adverse cardiovascular events.
In conclusion, the guidelines and
diagnostic criteria for hypertension at home and abroad are still imperfect.For
example: (1) the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension (transverse
hypertension) only emphasizes the value of blood pressure, age, risk factors
and so on to start antihypertensive treatment and effect evaluation, but does
not fully evaluate the objective indicators of clinical symptoms and target
organ damage; "Longitudinal hypertension" ,the special subtype of
essential hypertension (blood pressure≥140/90mmHg), is not covered or ignored / not recognized, or blood
pressure<140/90mmHg is not covered, but patients do have objective evidence
of clinical symptoms and target organ damage of hypertension.Therefore, our
research team first innovatively put forward the concept of "longitudinal
hypertension" (or atypical hypertension), with the purpose of improving
the current deficiencies in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension at home
and abroad, so as to promote the health of the whole people and achieve the
grand goal of a healthy world.
2.What is
longitudinal hypertension (atypical hypertension)?
2.1 Origin of "longitudinal
hypertension" Hypertension is divided into primary hypertension and
secondary hypertension. Secondary hypertension is caused by other diseases,
drug treatment effect is poor or invalid.With primary disease cured, blood
pressure then becomes normal.While,the primary hypertension cann’t determine
the causes through a variety of examination methods,nor be radically cured,but
drug treatment is effective.Our research team believes that primary
hypertension and secondary hypertension with blood presure≥140/90mmHg are
transverse hypertension, which can also be called typical hypertension.The main
results are as follows: (1) In the absence of antihypertensive drugs, the blood
pressure measured in three clinics on different days is ≥140/90 mm Hg
(Europe, China);(2) According to the 2017 American hypertension standard, blood
pressure≥130/80mmHg, which is the scope of hypertension recommended by
accepted guidelines.The "longitudinal hypertension" proposed by our
research team should belong to primary hypertension, which is actually a
subtype of primary hypertension (also known as atypical hypertension), or a
special type of hypertension.
2.2 Concept of "longitudinal
hypertension" The patient has abnormal clinical manifestations and
instrument examination of hypertension,whose blood pressure is less than 140/90
mmHg but increased by 20-30 mmHg compared with his own 18-year-old blood
pressure (adult basic blood pressure) .Above conditions meet the individual
diagnostic criteria of hypertension,which can also be called atypical
hypertension / progressive hypertension / historical hypertension / temporal
hypertension / progressive hypertension / individual precise hypertension /
private customized hypertension.According to Article 11 of the civil code of
the people's Republic of China[8], 18-year-old subjects are regarded
as the baseline reference of "longitudinal hypertension". It is
pointed out that citizens over 18 years old are adults. If minors (0-17 years
old) are selected as the subjects, their age span is large, and it is not easy
to operate or even error in the actual observation and comparison work.People
who do not monitor their blood pressure at the age of 18 can obtain adult basic
blood pressure by two methods: (1) clinical consultation:most people know that
their basic blood pressure is low and often have a series of clinical
manifestations caused by low blood pressure, which is easy for patients to know
when they are young; (2) through 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure
monitor:looking for the lowest values of systolic blood pressure and diastolic
blood pressureb in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, combined with the
patients' clinical symptoms and abnormal changes related to the increase of
blood pressure in routine electrocardiogram, can be determined.
2.3 Diagnostic criteria of
"longitudinal hypertension" (1) The patient's blood pressure is less
than 140/90mmHg, but with 20-30mmHg higher than that of 18 years old; (2) The
patient has clinical manifestations of hypertension; (3) special examination
(functional / electrical / morphological / biochemical examination, etc.)
showes abnormal indications of target organ damage inhypertension.
2.4 Diagnostic methods and key
points of "longitudinal hypertension" (1) functional examination:
occasional blood pressure / whole day mean blood pressure increased by 20-30
mmHg compared with that at the age of 18; (2) electrical examination: ECG /
vectorcardiogram / Holter diagnosis: ①left atrium / left ventricle hypertrophy; ②myocardial ischemia
(ST-T change); ③arrhythmia; (3) morphological examination: color Doppler ultrasound
/ X-ray / CT / MRI diagnosis: ① left atrium/ Left ventricular hypertrophy; ② arrhythmia; ③ abnormal
cardiac function; (4) biochemical examination: hypertension related indicators
are abnormal.
3.What are the advantages of longitudinal hypertension monitoring?
What should general practitioners do?
3.1 Advantages of "longitudinal
hypertension"monitoring Based on the origin, concept, diagnostic criteria,
diagnostic methods and key points of "longitudinal hypertension", as
general practitioner, we should change our thinking, change the traditional
medical concept, change the point of view that clinical and medical technology
can not communicate, and adopt specific diagnosis and treatment methods for specific
patients.Through the introduction of primary hypertension, secondary
hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension"(atypical hypertension /
progressive hypertension / historical hypertension / temporal hypertension /
progressive hypertension / individual precise hypertension / private customized
hypertension) proposed by our research team,General practitioners have a
preliminary understanding of "longitudinal hypertension", especially
the practicability, rationality and scientificity of "longitudinal
hypertension" in clinical diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, and it
is significant to enrich the theory and practice system of hypertension,
especially based on evidence-based medicine.It is concluded that the definition
and nomenclature of "longitudinal hypertension" is more conducive to
the development of clinical hypertension work.In order to keep
"longitudinal hypertension" in mind, the advantages of monitoring
"longitudinal hypertension" are described as follows: (1) "longitudinal
hypertension" has the characteristics of atypical hypertension /
progressive hypertension / historical hypertension / temporal hypertension /
progressive hypertension / individual precise hypertension, and more has the
characteristics of "private customized hypertension" diagnosis and
treatment,which is relative to transverse hypertension.(2) Transverse
hypertension focuses on group and individual blood pressure >140/ 90
mmHg,which emphasizes the change of "quantity" but ignores the change
of "quality" (clinical manifestation and target organ damage of
hypertension);"Longitudinal hypertension" emphasizes that blood
pressure of the group and individual is 20-30mmHg larger than themselves, which
not only emphasizes the change of "quantity" of each individual, but
also emphasizes the change of "quality" of each individual.
3.2 general practitioners As a
general practitioner, he should master the following skills: (1) he should be
familiar with the symptoms and manifestations of hypertension; (2) he should be
familiar with ECG / vectorcardiogram / ambulatory ECG / ambulatory blood
pressure / ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI / laboratory examination and other
hypertension diagnosis and treatment skills, and conduct ECG / vectorcardiogram
/ ambulatory ECG / ambulatory blood pressure examination for individuals /
groups.In particular, the routine ECG can be used as a screening test for
hypertension, which is not only a green test, but also can be widely used,
because the ECG examination is cheap, and can be repeated for many times. It is
not harmful to the human body, and the subjects are more willing to accept it,
which has guiding significance for the diagnosis and treatment of
"longitudinal high blood pressure";(3) he should understand and
recognize that hypertension is a syndrome that causes damage to multiple organs
(heart, brain, kidney, eyes, ears, etc.).
4.What are the similarities and differences between transverse
hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension"?
4.1 Similarities and differences
between transverse hypertension and longitudinal hypertension 4.1.1 Differences
between transverse hypertension and longitudinal hypertension (1) Transverse
hypertension,whose blood pressure≥140/90mmHg, increases by 20-30mmHg or even higher on the basis of 18
years old;"Longitudinal hypertension",whose blood pressure <
140/90mmHg, increases by 20-30mmHg or even higher on the basis of 18-year-old
blood pressure, but the blood pressure is always <140/90mmHg.
4.1.2 Common points of transverse
hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension" (1) Both types of
hypertension have symptoms of hypertension, such as headache, dizziness,
blurred vision, deafness, tinnitus, and fatigue; (2) both types of hypertension
have ECG changes caused by target organ damage: left atrial / left ventricular
hypertrophy, myocardial ischemia (ST-T change), arrhythmia.
4.2 Diagnosis and evaluation of
transverse hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension" Both
transverse hypertension and longitudinal hypertension can cause abnormal
changes in the function, electricity, morphology, biochemistry and clinical
symptoms of target organs such as heart, brain, kidney, eyes and ears.According
to this, we can apply functional examination (clinic blood pressure, ambulatory
blood pressure, cardiac function;cardiac electrical examination: routine
electrocardiogram, vectorcardiogram, dynamic electrocardiogram) combined with
clinical symptoms to comprehensively analyze and judge, accurately diagnose
transverse hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension". At the same
time, we can apply the above examination methods to accurately evaluate the
treatment effect of transverse hypertension and "longitudinal
hypertension" .According to the observation and research of ECG Department
of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in the past 20 years,
it is found that the application of ECG technology can early detect and
accurately diagnose the ECG changes caused by transverse hypertension and
"longitudinal hypertension" cardiac electrical damage, such as left
atrial / left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial ischemia (ST-T change),
arrhythmia.The application of ECG technology can also accurately evaluate the
treatment effect of transverse hypertension and "longitudinal
hypertension", such as atrial / ventricular depolarization wave and repolarization
wave: Ptfv1 disappeared / QRS wave voltage decreased / ST segment
depression returned to normal / T wave abnormal change improved / arrhythmia
improved after treatment.
4.3 Relationship between
"longitudinal hypertension" and physiological hypertension caused by
agingsystem The blood pressure rise caused by longitudinal hypertension
includes: (1) 20-30 mm Hg increase on the basis of the blood pressure at the
age of 18; (2) symptoms of hypertension, such as headache, distension,
dizziness, blurred vision, deafness, tinnitus and fatigue; (3) electrical
changes of the heart (ECG changes) caused by target organ damage of
hypertension: left atrium/ Left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial ischemia
(ST-T change), arrhythmia.Physiological blood pressure elevation is
characterized by: (1) there may be a slow increase of blood pressure with age,
but never a sudden increase of 20-30 mm Hg; (2) no symptoms of hypertension;
(3) no changes of ECG caused by target organ damage of hypertension.
4.4 Treatment goals of transverse
hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension" In terms of treatment,
the goals of transverse hypertension and "longitudinal hypertension"
are the same, and there is no difference.The specific manifestations are: (1)
ambulatory blood pressure examination:
mean systolic / diastolic blood
pressure reduces 20-30mmHg than before, even more;(2) The clinical symptoms are
relieved or disappeared;(3) Cardiac electrical examination: atrial /
ventricular depolarization wave and repolarization wave: Ptfv1 disappeared / QRS wave voltage decreased / ST segment depression returned to
normal / T wave abnormal change improved / arrhythmia improved after treatment.
5 What is the application
prospect of longitudinal hypertension?
5.1 The origin, concept, diagnostic
criteria, diagnostic methods and key points,diagnostic difference and common
ground between longitudinal hypertension and transverse hypertension proposed
by our research team,which expectes colleagues to discuss and improve the
existence and application value of "longitudinal hypertension".
5.2 Our research team has carried
out "longitudinal hypertension" for 20 years, and has accumulated a
large number of cases and experience in diagnosis and treatment, but lack of
multi center, big data and other evidence-based medicine verification and
support.To carry out the research work of "longitudinal hypertension"
can realize the normal blood pressure of the whole people, reduce the damage to
human target organs caused by hypertension, promote the physical and mental
health of the whole people, and build a "2030 healthy China".
The author's contribution: Li
Zhongjian is responsible for the conception and design of the article, the
overall supervision and management of the article; Zhang Fangfang, Yan qiongwen
and Zhou Yuhan are responsible for the implementation and feasibility analysis
of the research; Nie liantao and Ruan Bingxin are responsible for writing the
paper; Jing Yan and Huang Juxiang are responsible for the revision of the
paper; Li Shifeng is responsible for the quality control and review of the
article.
There is no conflict of interest in
this article
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Appendix: Interview with the author
about the aticle:general practitioners should understand the subtype of
essential hypertension "longitudinal hypertension"
Problem 1: The diagnostic criteria for
hypertension is determined by a large amount of evidence-based medicine in the
world. An important reason for not lowering the diagnostic criteria in China is
that if the diagnostic criteria is lowered a little, the management population
will increase significantly. At present, the main contradiction in China is the
low awareness rate and treatment rate of hypertension. How to balance this
problem?
1.The new guidelines in the United
States have been similarly questioned, but there is an account in the
guidelines. The cost of reducing the standard of hypertension and expanding the
treatment population is far less than the cost of target organ damage caused by
elevated blood pressure, and the direct beneficiaries are the patients
themselves and the health of the national population. Therefore, the new
guidelines in the United States recommend that the blood pressure should be
controlled below 130/80mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133kPa) in a tolerable situation.
2.There is no change in the diagnostic
criteria of hypertension in China, which is due to the consideration of race,
diet structure, lifestyle and other reasons. It is also the goal of Chinese
experts to find the criteria suitable for the Chinese population. However, in
clinical work, blood pressure <140/90mmHg, patients with symptoms and
abnormal changes of target organ damage by instrument examination are many.We
can't ignore this kind of people just because we are worried about the
expansion of the management population, which will lose the significance of
individual diagnosis and treatment of doctors,nor can we achieve the grand goal
of healthy China. 3. The low awareness rate can be made up by increasing the
popularization of science and other measures,the low treatment rate is due to
the single diagnosis of hypertension in the world, which is basically diagnosed
only by measuring the blood pressure in the clinical room.The lack of
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and a variety of instruments to evaluate
the diagnosis and treatment of target organ damage caused by hypertension makes
it difficult for patients to understand the damage caused by hypertension.We
propose that "longitudinal hypertension" is a subtype of essential
hypertension, which is a supplement and improvement to essential hypertension.
To summarize the characteristics and diagnosis process of this kind of
population is not only the need of clinical practice, but also the need of
patients, but also the need of healthy China.
Problem 2: Hidden hypertension and white
coat hypertension exist in hypertension, which are related to target organ
damage.What is the difference between longitudinal hypertension and the above
two types of hypertension?
Hidden hypertension is high blood
pressure (blood pressure>140/90mmHg) measured by family and normal blood
pressure in clinical room. White coat hypertension is high blood pressure
(blood pressure>140/90mmHg) measured in clinical room and normal blood
pressure at home. Both of them are high blood pressure (blood pressure>140/90mmHg)
and can lead to target organ damage. Our "longitudinal hypertension"
is different from the above two kinds of hypertension. The blood pressure is
less than 140/90mmHg, and it also has target organ damage.
Problem 3: The symptoms of hypertension
are not specific. The ECG of tall and thin people shows high voltage in the
left ventricle and the left atrium increased with age.How to judge whether it
is physiological or caused by blood pressure fluctuation?
1. Although the symptoms of
hypertension are not specific, that reflect the clinical symptoms of some
patients with hypertension, which has certain guiding significance for the
diagnosis of hypertension;
2.High and thin people can show high
voltage of left ventricle, but it may be: (1) it is related to thin chest wall;
(2) it is related to hypertension; (3) the two coexist;
3.The increase of age is not the
enlargement of left atrium, but the prolongation and broadening of ECG P wave
duration.The prolongation and broadening of P wave duration can be seen in two
cases, one is the abnormal conduction caused by atrial block, the other is the
enlargement of left atrium caused by hypertension, the stretching of atrial
myocytes and the dilatting or thinning of atrial wall.The former is caused by
atrial block, ECG manifestations the extension of P-wave duration and the
decrease of P-wave amplitude.The latter is caused by the increase of blood
pressure and atrial enlargement, ECG manifestationsP-wave amplitude is higher
than that of atrial block, P-wave bimodal, Ptfv1 abnormality, left
ventricular high voltage, left ventricular hypertrophy, ST-T abnormality,
arrhythmia, etc.
Question 4: what the article wants to
emphasize is that everyone needs different blood pressure and different blood
pressure threshold. The article should put forward a calculation method for
individuals, which is similar to risk assessment. Is this more reasonable?
We emphasize that the blood pressure
threshold of each person is different, and put forward the specific diagnosis
basis and process of longitudinal hypertension: (1) the blood pressure in the
clinical room is less than 140/90mmHg or the 24-hour ambulatory mean blood
pressure is less than 130/80mmHg; (2) the patients have symptoms of hypertension;
(3) the blood pressure of the patient increases 20-30 mmHg over his blood
pressure when 18 years old; (4) The instrument examination has the basis of
hypertension target organ damage, such as: ① ECG examination: A.
left atrial / left ventricular hypertrophy, B. myocardial ischemia (ST-T
change), C. arrhythmia; ② eye and ear examination showed changes of hypertension damage.
Of course, we can also evaluate the
score of patients with longitudinal hypertension, such as: ECG abnormal change
1 item 1 point, 2 items 2 points, 3 items 3 points; clinical symptoms:1 item 1
point, 2 items 2 points, 3 items 3 points; blood pressure increment: younger
basal blood pressure increased by 10mmHg 1 point, increased by 20mm Hg 2
points, increased by 30mmHg 3 points and other specific quantitative
indicators.
Question 5: it is mentioned in this
paper that the blood pressure level of "longitudinal hypertension"
should be compared with the blood pressure level of 18-year-old people. How can
people who do not monitor their blood pressure at 18-year-old diagnose
"longitudinal hypertension"?
People who do not monitor their
blood pressure at the age of 18 can obtain adult basic blood pressure by two
methods: (1) clinical consultation:most people know that their basic blood
pressure is low and often have a series of clinical manifestations caused by
low blood pressure, which is easy for patients to know when they are young; (2)
through 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor:looking for the lowest values
of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressureb in 24-hour ambulatory
blood pressure, combined with the patients' clinical symptoms and abnormal
changes related to the increase of blood pressure in routine electrocardiogram,
can be determined.According to this method, our research team has been in
clinical application for nearly 20 years.
To sum up, there are still many
unsatisfactory places for our team to creatively put forward the concept of
"longitudinal hypertension" in the world.However, our research team
firmly believes that in the process of continuous improvement, it will bring
gospel to the accurate diagnosis, treatment and effect evaluation of patients
with hypertension around the world, which may have more long-term significance
for the early prevention of patients with hypertension, and has far-reaching
and evidence-based medicine strategic guiding significance for the realization
of healthy China.
[Expert profile] Li Zhongjian, chief technician,
professor, master's supervisor, special reviewer of American circulation
magazine, international well-known ECG expert, and doctoral/Master's thesis
review expert of the academic degree center of the Ministry of education in
2020.Director of Zhengzhou University institute of electrocardiology, director
of Henan electrocardiology diagnosis and treatment center,Visiting professor of
Xiamen University.Director of Henan key medical discipline (ECG diagnosis specialty),former
deputy director of China electrocardiographic information
society/electrocardiographic consultation center, director of national and
provincial electrocardiographic continuing education. Outstanding worker of
electrocardiography in China, "my favorite health guard"and
"outstanding person of scientific and technological innovation" in
Henan Province.He obtained 17 scientific research achievements and projects, 13
national patents and 200 papers.At the invitation of the National Space Center
and many international conferences, he gave lectures on "ECG
identification research" and "fetal ECG";He was invited to
attend many international conferences such as "world heart
conference" and "international society of ambulatory
electrocardiography and noninvasive electrocardiography";In China, he is
the first person to put forward the scientific idea of "adhering to the
road of electrocardiology with Chinese characteristics",leading the
Department to win the national "youth civilization".
