Key result
Hypertensive patients with a nocturnal blood pressure increment exhibited significantly greater left ventricular mass and impaired left ventricular functional reserve compared to those with normal diurnal changes.
Why the study?
Does a nocturnal blood pressure increment in elderly hypertensive patients affect left ventricular structural and functional characteristics compared to normal diurnal blood pressure changes?
Population
52 elderly subjects, including 36 hypertensive patients and 16 normotensive controls.
Comparison
Echocardiographic evaluation before and at the… vs Hypertensive patients with normal diurnal change…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports nocturnal BP assessment in hypertensives; hypothesis-generating for prospective studies on LV outcomes.
Observational (n=52)
Does a nocturnal blood pressure increment in elderly hypertensive patients affect left ventricular structural and functional characteristics compared to normal diurnal blood pressure changes?
Elderly hypertensive patients with a nocturnal blood pressure increment exhibit greater left ventricular mass and impaired left ventricular functional reserve compared to those with normal diurnal blood pressure changes.
Suzuki et al. (1992) conducted an observational in Hypertension (n=52). Nocturnal blood pressure increment vs. Normal diurnal change in blood pressure and normotensive controls was evaluated on Left ventricular structural and functional characteristics. Hypertensive patients with a nocturnal blood pressure increment exhibited significantly greater left ventricular mass and impaired left ventricular functional reserve compared to those with normal diurnal changes.
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