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Does an extreme-dipper blood pressure profile associate with impaired subendocardial viability and increased aortic stiffness in treated hypertensive patients without CAD, diabetes, or CKD?
Does an extreme-dipper blood pressure profile associate with impaired subendocardial viability and increased aortic stiffness in treated hypertensive patients without CAD, diabetes, or CKD?
Extreme-dipper treated hypertensives, particularly women, exhibit increased aortic stiffness and impaired subendocardial viability, suggesting a higher risk of silent myocardial ischemia.
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May flag higher ischemic vulnerability in extreme-dippers; hypothesis-generating for prospective trials on dipping patterns.
Amah et al. (2017) studied this question.
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