Cardio-ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) in Hypertension Patients After One Year of Treatment

Hanoi Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Procedure: Hypertension outpatient treatment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03680313

HMU16225

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the role of the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) in evaluating arterial stiffness changes, the degree of atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension after 1 year of treatment and analysis the correlation between CAVI and cardiovascular risk factors.

Enrollment: 170 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients have never been diagnosed with hypertension.
• Patients have been diagnosed with primary hypertension, but not take any treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Cases with non-primary hypertension or suffering from cardiovascular complications such as myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke, vascular disease, severe heart failure (EF<1) in the time of measurement.

Trial design

170 participants in 2 patient groups

Hypertension group

Description:

All adult patients (above 18 year of age) were recruited between May, 2016 and June 2017, at Duc Giang General Hospital. The inclusion criteria are as followed: * Patients have never been diagnosed with hypertension. * Has been diagnosed with primary hypertension, but not take any treatment.

Treatment:

Procedure: Hypertension outpatient treatment

Control group

Description:

A group of normal people with the similar age to hypertension group was recruited as control group at the same time