title: Findings of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and heart rate variability in patients with Behcet's disease.
abstract: Although we found lack of a decrease in nocturnal blood pressure, impaired heart rate variability, and diastolic dysfunction in patients with Behcet's disease, we could not demonstrate whether or not this finding has a prognostic value in patients with this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey. rozdemir@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Alpay T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Sezgin
authors.forename: Ergun
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Topal
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutlu
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barutcu
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gullu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D021081:Chronobiology Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013599:Systole; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology