[Presentation of Current Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Methods ESC Tables, Heart Score]
A szerkesztôség
Hypertension and nephrology - 2016;20(03)
HUNGARIAN 2016;20(03)
[Sclerosis tuberculosa. Newer aspects of therapy and care]
REUSZ György, DEÁK-PÁL Ákos, REMPORT Ádám
[Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the development of hamartomas in various organs with variable frequency. The major organs involved are the skin (70%), the brain (75%), the heart (50%) and the kidney (80%). Life threatening acute and chronic events are due initially to cardiac involvement, later neurologic complications and after the second and third decade nephrological and pulmonological involvement may predominate. Skin and osteo - skeletal disease may lead to disfiguring appearance causing additional psychological burden to the patient. Uninhibited activation of the mTOR signaling pathway is at the center of the disease process. The discovery of the pathomechanism established the base of the up-to-date medical therapy presenting a real alternative to the classical supportive and surgical treatment. Due to the progressive nature of the disease early recognition, best standard care and treatment according to the disease stage is of crucial importance. Optimal therapy is based on internationally recognized guide-lines and should be controlled through specialized, multidisciplinary centers.]
[Overview of changes in the use of the cardiovascular system (ATC code based) products based on National Health Insurance data]
GYURCSÁNYI András, BARNA István
[Use of cardiovascular products supported by the National Health Insurance in December 2015 exceeded more than 5% the data of December 2007. This is a significant change, because simultaneously the amount paid as a support decreased by 41.1%. Change in the categories of support resulted in an increase in the use of generics. In addition, the expansion of fixed combinations also brought a significant change in drug consumption. The role of products effecting on the reninangiotensin system, lowering serum lipid modifying agents, diuretics, β-receptor blockers, centrally acting agents and vasodilators in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases has increased as well.]
[The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Hungarian population with hypertension]
KÉKES Ede, PÁL László, SCHANBERG Zsolt, KISS István
[Authors had found diabetes mellitus type 2 in 30% of 38 886 hypertensive patients (stadium I-III). Diabetes was more frequent in case of women under 30 years. Subsequently all age groups (from 40 to 80 years) incidence was more frequently (p<0.01-0.001) in men, above 80 years again a higher ratio was in women. Presence of diabetes was correlated to rate of BMI value and systolic, diastolic pressure as well. In women - above 140 mmHg systolic pressure - the elevation was exponential. We have found a significant correlation between fasting glucose and waist. Reaching the target blood pressure is not a simply task in hypertensive patients with diabetes. The 140/90 mmHg was reached in 34.2%, 90 mmHg diastolic blood pressure in 62.3%, but the required 80 mmHg only in 16.4% of cases. Achieve the target value was quite different in the different region of our country. The major cardiovascular complications (stroke, renal disease, myocardial infarction, peripheral artery disease) have suffered a higher rate in the hypertensives with diabetes compered to hypertensives without diabetes.]
[Success Evaluation of Antihypertensive Treatment in Practice]
KÉKES Ede, KISS István
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[The connection between the socioeconomic status and stroke in Budapest]
VASTAGH Ildikó, SZŐCS Ildikó, OBERFRANK Ferenc, AJTAY András, BERECZKI Dániel
[The well-known gap bet­ween stroke mortality of Eastern and Western Euro­pean countries may reflect the effect of socioeconomic diffe­rences. Such a gap may be present between neighborhoods of different wealth within one city. We set forth to compare age distribution, incidence, case fatality, mortality, and risk factor profile of stroke patients of the poorest (District 8) and wealthiest (District 12) districts of Budapest. We synthesize the results of our former comparative epidemiological investigations focusing on the association of socioeconomic background and features of stroke in two districts of the capital city of Hungary. The "Budapest District 8–12 project" pointed out the younger age of stroke patients of the poorer district, and established that the prevalence of smoking, alcohol-consumption, and untreated hypertension is also higher in District 8. The "Six Years in Two Districts" project involving 4779 patients with a 10-year follow-up revealed higher incidence, case fatality and mortality of stroke in the less wealthy district. The younger patients of the poorer region show higher risk-factor prevalence, die younger and their fatality grows faster during long-term follow-up. The higher prevalence of risk factors and the higher fatality of the younger age groups in the socioeconomically deprived district reflect the higher vulnerability of the population in District 8. The missing link between poverty and stroke outcome seems to be lifestyle risk-factors and lack of adherence to primary preventive efforts. Public health campaigns on stroke prevention should focus on the young generation of socioeconomi­cally deprived neighborhoods. ]
[The Comprehensive Aphasia Test in Hungarian]
ZAKARIÁS Lilla, RÓZSA Sándor, LUKÁCS Ágnes
[In this paper we present the Comprehensive Aphasia Test-Hungarian (CAT-H; Zakariás and Lukács, in preparation), an assessment tool newly adapted to Hungarian, currently under standardisation. The test is suitable for the assessment of an acquired language disorder, post-stroke aphasia. The aims of this paper are to present 1) the main characteristics of the test, its areas of application, and the process of the Hungarian adaptation and standardisation, 2) the first results from a sample of Hungarian people with aphasia and healthy controls. Ninety-nine people with aphasia, mostly with unilateral, left hemisphere stroke, and 19 neurologically intact control participants were administered the CAT-H. In addition, we developed a questionnaire assessing demographic and clinical information. The CAT-H consists of two parts, a Cognitive Screening Test and a Language Test. People with aphasia performed significantly worse than the control group in all language and almost all cognitive subtests of the CAT-H. Consistent with our expectations, the control group performed close to ceiling in all subtests, whereas people with aphasia exhibited great individual variability both in the language and the cognitive subtests. In addition, we found that age, time post-onset, and type of stroke were associated with cognitive and linguistic abilities measured by the CAT-H. Our results and our experiences clearly show that the CAT-H provides a comprehensive profile of a person's impaired and intact language abilities and can be used to monitor language recovery as well as to screen for basic cognitive deficits in aphasia. We hope that the CAT-H will be a unique resource for rehabilitation professionals and aphasia researchers in aphasia assessment and diagnostics in Hungary. ]