Blood pressure profile and cardiac risk in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy.
A study of normotensive volunteers and patients with primary hypertension demonstrated the superiority of a single 24-h mean systolic and diastolic ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (SpaceLabs 90207 ABPM) over standardized sphygmomanometric casual readings. In contrast to the casual blood pressure measurement there was a significant correlation between both 24-h mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures and left ventricular hypertrophy as assessed by two-dimensional M-mode echocardiography. Although no significant differences between daytime and night-time blood pressure were demonstrated in normotensive or hypertensive subjects with or without target organ damage, larger prospective trials are required to confirm this finding.
Meyer-Sabellek
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Department of Internal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Schulte
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Liederwald
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van Gemmeren
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Gotzen
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D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors