Potassium Magnesium Supplementation for Four Weeks Improves Small Distal Artery Compliance and Reduces Blood Pressure in Patients with Essential Hypertension

Author： Wu Geru Tian Hongyan Han Ke Xi Yutao Yao Yan Ma Aiqun

Publisher： Informa Healthcare

ISSN： 1064-1963

Source： Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, Vol.28, Iss.5, 2006-06, pp. : 489-497

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Abstract

It has been postulated that the loss of arterial compliance may precede cardiovascular diseases, and that arterial compliance is an important parameter to consider when evaluating arterial diseases such as essential hypertension (EH) and the effects of antihypertensive treatment. In all, 133 EH patients and 147 healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. Large arterial compliance (C1) and small arterial compliance (C2) were measured by the CVProfilor™ DO-2020 CardioVascular Profiling System. Thirty-five patients randomly received magnesium potassium supplementation (magnesium, 70.8 mg/d; potassium, 217.2 mg/d) for four weeks, and 32 patients received lacidipin (4mg/d) as a control. Before and after the four weeks, blood pressure, C1, and C2 were measured. It was found that arterial compliance was significantly lower in EH patients compared with healthy subjects (C1: 12.53 ± 0.33 vs. 15.63 ± 0.30 ml/mmHg × 10, p + and Mg 2+ supplementation, systolic and diastolic BP decreased 7.83 ± 1.87 mm Hg and 3.67 ± 1.03 mm Hg, and C1 and C2 compliance values increased 12.44% ± 4.43% and 45.25% ± 6.67%, respectively. Decreases in systemic vascular resistance (mean arterial pressure divided by cardiac output) by 11.9% and 16.6 % (p