title: [Effect of immunosuppressive treatment on diurnal profile of blood pressure].
abstract: Prevalence of arterial hypertension suddenly rose in patients after renal transplantation since cyclosporine A was introduced. Arterial hypertension is now diagnosed in 67-90% of patients after renal transplantation. It has not only negative effect on cardiovascular system but also shortens survival of renal graft. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) enables evaluation of diumal profile of BP and efficacy of treatment. This diagnostic tool is very useful in the management of these patients. Nocturnal hypertension was 2.5 times more frequent than daytime elevation of BP in the group of 58 consecutive renal transplant patients treated with calcineurin inhibitors who were assessed by ABPM at our department. Lack of nocturnal dip of BP was observed in most of the patients. Conversion from calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine A, tacrolimus) to sirolimus or mycophenolate mofetil may improve BP profile in this group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Immunologii, Transplantologii i Chorób Wewnetrznych Instytutu Transplantologii Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pilecki
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paczek
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Senatorski
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wyzgał
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zegarska
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rowiński
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000009:adverse effects; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000009:adverse effects; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid; D020123:Sirolimus; D016559:Tacrolimus