Does higher total atherosclerosis burden of baroreceptor-resident arteries predict blunted blood pressure dipping in patients with ischemic stroke?
Higher total atherosclerosis burden in baroreceptor-resident arteries independently predicts blunted systolic and diastolic blood pressure dipping in patients with ischemic stroke.
<0.001). After adjusting for age, sex, vascular risk factors, 24-hour BP means, cervical and intracranial atherosclerosis scores, the negative correlations still existed (adjusted β, -0.259 95% CI, -0.416 to -0.102 and adjusted β, -0.178 95% CI, -0.346 to -0.010, respectively). In conclusion, higher total atherosclerosis burden of BRA was independently indicative of more blunted dipping of systolic BP and diastolic BP in IS. The total atherosclerosis burden of BRA might be important for predicting and managing BP dipping in patients with IS.
Kong et al. (Mon,) studied this question.