CFS Adolescents -Elevated Nocturnal Blood Pressure & Heart Rate

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focus on cardiovascular risk assessment,

and suggest a possible target for

therapeutic intervention....*

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21059182

Pubmed

Acta Paediatr. 2010 Nov 9. doi:

10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02073.x. [Epub

ahead of print]

Elevated Nocturnal

Blood Pressure and

Heart Rate in Adolescent

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Hurum H, Sulheim D, Thaulow E,

Wyller VB.

Division of Paediatrics, Oslo University

Hospital, Oslo, Norway Department of

Pediatrics, Ostfold Hospital, Fredrikstad,

Norway Department of Pediatrics, Innlandet

Hospital, Lillehammer, Norway.

Abstract

Aim:

To compare ambulatory recordings of heart

rate and blood pressure in adolescents with

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and

healthy controls.

We hypothesized both heart rate and blood

pressure to be elevated among CFS

patients.

Methods:

44 CFS patients aged 12-18 years were

recruited from our paediatric outpatient

clinic.

The controls were 52 healthy adolescents

having similar distribution of age and

gender.

24-hours ambulatory blood pressure and

heart rate was recorded using a validated,

portable oscillometric device.

Results:

At night (sleep), heart rate, mean arterial

blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure

were significantly higher in CFS patients as

compared to controls (p < 0.01).

During daytime, heart rate was significantly

higher among CFS patients (p < 0.05),

whereas blood pressures were equal among

the two groups.

Conclusion:

The findings support previous experimental

evidence of sympathetic predominance of

cardiovascular control in adolescent CFS

patients.

Also, the findings prompt increased focus

on cardiovascular risk assessment, and

suggest a possible target for therapeutic

intervention.