Incidence and prevalence of hypertension in 18–40‐year‐old patients referred for palpitations with normal cardiac monitor findings

Sixteen percent of patients referred for cardiology evaluation are found to have no cause for palpitations. Studies show that hypertension intricately influences “heart rate” and “contractility,?” the key components of “palpitation.” While the prevalence of hypertension is 22.4% in 18–39‐year‐olds,...

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Published in:The journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) Conn.), 2024-06, Vol.26 (6), p.696-702
Main Authors: Wasco, Christopher, Khan, Zeryab, Willett, Aimee, Volio, Andrew, Carter, Cody, Kesari, Aditya, Kothari, Shaili, Scheidemantel, Andrew, Bennett, Katelyn, Schafer, Jessalyn, Lockhart, Marie, Chopra, Nagesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age groups
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - diagnosis
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - epidemiology
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - physiopathology
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Cardiology
Cohort analysis
community‐based studies
Family medical history
Female
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - diagnosis
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - physiopathology
hypertension—general
Incidence
left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) hypertension/arrhythmias
Male
Medical referrals
Monitoring systems
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - physiopathology
Original
Patients
Prevalence
Primary care
primary care issues
Retrospective Studies
Statistical analysis
Variables
Young Adult
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Summary:Sixteen percent of patients referred for cardiology evaluation are found to have no cause for palpitations. Studies show that hypertension intricately influences “heart rate” and “contractility,?” the key components of “palpitation.” While the prevalence of hypertension is 22.4% in 18–39‐year‐olds, the relationship between palpitations and hypertension remains unknown in this age group. In our study, we assessed the incidence and prevalence of hypertension over 5 years in 18–40‐year‐olds referred for palpitations who had no known arrhythmic cause for palpitations between January 1, 206 and December 31, 2017. We found that over a period of 2.2 (0.7–4.1) years, an additional 56% patients were diagnosed with stage 1 (65/130) and stage 2 (28/130) hypertension, increasing the prevalence from 16% at the start of the study period to 72% at the end of the study period (p 
ISSN:1524-6175
1751-7176
1751-7176
DOI:10.1111/jch.14813