Table IV.
Ventricular Ectopy in Patients With and Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) Before and After Hydrochlorothiazide (50–100 mg/d for 4 weeks)
| LVH | No LVH | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Baseline | Diuretic | Baseline | Diuretic |
| LVPWT | 1.39 | — | 1.03 | — |
| PK (mEq/L) | 4.06 | 3.39 | 4.10 | 3.33 |
| PVCs | 16.6 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Total couplets | 123 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| Total VT episodes | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| LVPWT=left ventricular posterior wall thickness; PK=plasma k concentrations; PVCs=premature ventricular contractions; VT=ventricular tachycardia. Reproduced with permission from Arch Intern Med. 1988;148:1272–1276. 44 | ||||