[Blood pressure variability and cardiovascular morbimortality].
Blood pressure is a changing parameter that is influenced by intrinsic body rhythms, physical and emotional environmental factors that act on the individual, and the differences produced by activity and rest periods of every subject. Blood pressure variability seems to be related with target organ damage due to high blood pressure. Its specific effect on left ventricular mass is likely, although it is not absolutely confirmed. Testing blood pressure variability should be a routine exploration in patients with a target organ lesion.
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Unidad de Hipertensión Arterial, Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. nrobles@meditex.es
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors