Table 1 Clinical, laboratory and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging profile.

From: Characterizing myocardial edema and fibrosis in hypertensive crisis with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Variable

All cases (n = 82)

Hypertensive urgency (n = 18)

Hypertensive emergency (n = 64)

P*

Clinical and laboratory

 Age

48.5 ± 13.4

48.4 ± 15

48.6 ± 13

0.958

 Females

35 (43)

13 (72)

22 (34)

0.006

 Systolic blood pressure

217 ± 28

216 ± 26

218 ± 29

0.827

 Diastolic blood pressure

128 ± 20

119 ± 16

130 ± 20

0.021

 Creatinine (µmol/L)

104 (84 to 130)

83 (68 to 97)

113 (93 to 181)

< 0.001

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

13.8 ± 2.1

13.6 ± 1.8

13.7 ± 2.2

0.827

 hs cTnT (ng/L)

25 (12 to 127)

11 (7 to 13)

41 (17 to 162)

< 0.001

 NT-proBNP (ng/L)

377 (64 to 1566)

90 (35 to 302)

528 (113 to 1939)

0.008

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

 Indexed LV EDV (ml/m2)

74 (63 to 101)

63 (59 to 71)

86 (67 to 110)

< 0.001

 Indexed LV ESV (ml/m2)

32 (22 to 58)

20 (15 to 28)

39 (25 to 69)

< 0.001

 LV ejection fraction (%)

54 ± 16

68 ± 8

50 ± 15

< 0.001

 Indexed LV mass (g/m2)

107 (83 to 140)

80 (66 to 95)

115 (98 to 153)

< 0.001

 LVH, n(%)

65 (79)

8 (44)

57 (89)

< 0.001

 Global T2-w SI ratio

1.4 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.2

0.044

 Basal T2-w SI ratio

1.5 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.3

0.022

 Midventricular T2-w SI ratio

1.4 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.2

0.435

 Apical T2-w SI ratio

1.4 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.2

0.821

 Global native T1 (ms)

1047 ± 38

1033 ± 40

1051 ± 37

0.077

 Basal native T1 (ms)

1053 ± 36

1039 ± 39

1057 ± 34

0.063

 Midventricular native T1 (ms)

1047 ± 44

1030 ± 44

1050 ± 44

0.082

 Apical native T1 (ms)

1041 ± 44

1025 ± 46

1045 ± 43

0.096

 Global T2 (ms)

49 ± 2

48 ± 2

49 ± 2

0.069

 Basal T2 (ms)

48 ± 2

47 ± 2

48 ± 2

0.004

 Midventricular T2 (ms)

49 ± 3

48 ± 2

49 ± 3

0.060

 Apical T2 (ms)

48 ± 5

48 ± 3

49 ± 3

0.157

 Global ECV (%)

24 ± 4

23 ± 4

25 ± 4

0.202

 Basal ECV (%)

24 ± 4

23 ± 4

25 ± 4

0.152

 Midventricular ECV (%)

24 ± 4

22 ± 3

25 ± 4

0.051

 Apical ECV (%)

27 ± 5

24 ± 7

25 ± 4

0.902

 LGE present, n (%)

52/69 (75)

8/18 (44)

44/51 (86)

< 0.001

 Ischemic-pattern, n (%)

11/69 (16)

0 (0)

11/51 (22)

 

 Non-ischemic patern, n (%)

41/69 (59)

8/18 (44)

33/51 (65)

 
  1. hs cTnT high-sensitive cardiac troponin T, NT-proBNP, N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide, LV left ventricular, EDV end diastolic volume, ESV end systolic volume, LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, ECV extracellular volume, LGE late gadolinium enhancement, T2-w SI T2-weighted signal intensity.
  2. *p value for comparison between hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergency.
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