[Blood pressure variability: clinical interest or simple curiosity?].
Blood pressure variability is a physiological phenomenon influenced by many internal and external factors. This variability could be also influenced by pathological conditions such as arterial hypertension. Two forms must be mainly distinguished: the blood pressure variability at long and short-term. The latter could only be studied by continuous recordings. In this article will be analysed the interest of measuring blood pressure variability, its cardiovascular prognosis and the therapeutic tools when it is increased.
Ciaroni
Stefano
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Département de cardiologie a l'Hôpital de LaTour, Rue de l'Université 1, 1205 Genève. s.ciaroni.card@bluewin.ch
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents