Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Feb 2013)
Impacto na reclassificação da hipertensão pela Monitorização Ambulatorial da Pressão Arterial (MAPA) segundo a V Diretriz Brasileira de MAPA Impact on hypertension reclassification by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) according to the V Brazilian Guidelines on ABPM
Abstract
FUNDAMENTOS: Novas recomendações sobre valores de referência para normalidade em exames de monitorização ambulatorial da pressão arterial (MAPA) foram propostas pela V Diretriz Brasileira de Monitorização Ambulatorial da Hipertensão Arterial, com base principalmente no estudo IDACO. OBJETIVOS: O presente estudo epidemiológico tem o objetivo de avaliar o impacto da adoção desses novos critérios em um ambulatório de referência em hipertensão arterial. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados resultados de 1.567 exames de MAPA realizados entre 2005 e 2010, excluídos 481 pacientes da amostra por não preencherem critérios mínimos de qualidade do exame. Para a classificação desses exames quanto à anormalidade, foram utilizados os valores de referência da IV Diretriz Brasileira de MAPA (2005) e comparados com as mudanças propostas na V Diretriz Brasileira de MAPA (2011). Foi realizada análise estatística pelo método do Q² de Pearson, considerando-se p significativo BACKGROUND: New recommendations on reference values for normal test results in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) were proposed by the V Brazilian Guidelines on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, based mainly on the IDACO study. Objectives: This epidemiological study is aimed at evaluating the impact of adopting these new standards in an arterial hypertension referral center. METHODS: The results of 1,567 ABPM tests carried out between 2005 and 2010 were analyzed; 481 patients were excluded from the sample for not meeting minimum quality criteria of the test. Reference values from the IV Brazilian Guidelines on ABPM (2005) were used for the classification of these tests regarding the abnormality and compared with the changes proposed by the V Brazilian Guidelines on ABPM (2011). Statistical analysis was performed by Pearson's chi-square method and p values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: For the 1,086 tests evaluated, there was a significant difference in the proportion of patients with altered ABPM results, especially for the variable systolic pressure in the sleeping period: 49% when adopting the cutoff values of 2005 and 71% when adopting the values of 2011, with statistical significance, p < 0.0001. CONCLUSIONS: The recommendations of the new guidelines had a great impact on the hypertension classification by ABPM test results in the study population. The question of thresholds of these tests for therapeutic targets of patients known to be hypertensive is still open and requires further studies, preferably national ones, for better definition of the subject.
