Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold
<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: Natural and Traditional Medicine doctors’ appointment are frequently attended by patients referred from different specialties, with or without a history of suffering from chronic hypertensive diseases. A careful observation of the earlobe allows us t...
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| author | Misleidy Estevez Rubido Marta Ferriol Rodriguez Mariela del Carmen Morales Okata Neisy Oropesa Nerey Orlays Fontaine Cordero Liudmila Valentina Cordovés Kleitman |
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| description | <p><strong>Foundation</strong>: Natural and Traditional Medicine doctors’ appointment are frequently attended by patients referred from different specialties, with or without a history of suffering from chronic hypertensive diseases. A careful observation of the earlobe allows us to determine whether these patients suffer from high blood pressure. Hence the importance of studying the relationship between the presence of the earlobe fold and the appearance of hypertensive diseases.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: determine the effectiveness of the auricular fold presence in the early diagnosis of hypertensive disease.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive study was carried out in patients who attended the Natural and Traditional Medicine Department of the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Provincial Clinical Surgical Hospital and the Villa Clara Sports Medicine Center, from February/2021 to November/2023. The population was all patients who attended these doctors’ appointment, with the presence of the auricular fold and who did not suffer from high blood pressure. The sample was formed through intentional non-probabilistic sampling by criteria, and consisted of 88 patients.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the 50-59 years age group, male sex and black skin color prevailed. Deep auricular folds occurred most frequently (62.7%). At one year, 67% of the patients had developed arterial hypertension, especially after 9 months (20.5%) of observation of the skinfold.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: the presence of the auricular fold constitutes a reliable skin marker for the preventive diagnosis of hypertensive disease.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c396bf52c37f480f9da8f714c56bfd542025-01-30T21:29:03ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2024-05-012234874952513Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial foldMisleidy Estevez Rubido0Marta Ferriol Rodriguez1Mariela del Carmen Morales Okata2Neisy Oropesa Nerey3Orlays Fontaine Cordero4Liudmila Valentina Cordovés Kleitman5Policlínico de Manicaragua. Villa ClaraCentro Provincial de Medicina Deportiva. Villa ClaraPoliclínico Juan José Apolinaire Pennini. CienfuegosDirección Provincial de Salud. Ciego de ÁvilaCentro Provincial de Medicina Deportiva. Villa ClaraCentro Provincial de Medicina Deportiva. Villa Clara<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: Natural and Traditional Medicine doctors’ appointment are frequently attended by patients referred from different specialties, with or without a history of suffering from chronic hypertensive diseases. A careful observation of the earlobe allows us to determine whether these patients suffer from high blood pressure. Hence the importance of studying the relationship between the presence of the earlobe fold and the appearance of hypertensive diseases.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: determine the effectiveness of the auricular fold presence in the early diagnosis of hypertensive disease.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive study was carried out in patients who attended the Natural and Traditional Medicine Department of the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Provincial Clinical Surgical Hospital and the Villa Clara Sports Medicine Center, from February/2021 to November/2023. The population was all patients who attended these doctors’ appointment, with the presence of the auricular fold and who did not suffer from high blood pressure. The sample was formed through intentional non-probabilistic sampling by criteria, and consisted of 88 patients.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the 50-59 years age group, male sex and black skin color prevailed. Deep auricular folds occurred most frequently (62.7%). At one year, 67% of the patients had developed arterial hypertension, especially after 9 months (20.5%) of observation of the skinfold.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: the presence of the auricular fold constitutes a reliable skin marker for the preventive diagnosis of hypertensive disease.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45156pabellón auricularhipertensiónmedicina tradicionaltécnicas diagnósticas cardiovascularesdiagnóstico precoz |
| spellingShingle | Misleidy Estevez Rubido Marta Ferriol Rodriguez Mariela del Carmen Morales Okata Neisy Oropesa Nerey Orlays Fontaine Cordero Liudmila Valentina Cordovés Kleitman Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold Medisur pabellón auricular hipertensión medicina tradicional técnicas diagnósticas cardiovasculares diagnóstico precoz |
| title | Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold |
| title_full | Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold |
| title_fullStr | Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold |
| title_short | Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold |
| title_sort | preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold |
| topic | pabellón auricular hipertensión medicina tradicional técnicas diagnósticas cardiovasculares diagnóstico precoz |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45156 |
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