Importance of Blood Pressure Control Over a 24-Hour Period
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Patients with hypertension, particularly those with an excessive morning surge in blood pressure or lacking…
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Implication
Optimizing 24-hour BP control may be physiologically relevant; leaves open whether targeting surges or nondipping improves outcomes.
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Population
Patients with hypertension, particularly those with an excessive morning surge in blood pressure or lacking the normal nocturnal blood pressure fall (nondippers)
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Intervention
Antihypertensive drug therapy providing control throughout a 24-hour dosing interval
Optimizing 24-hour blood pressure control, particularly addressing morning surges and nocturnal non-dipping, is physiologically important despite a lack of outcome data for specific interventional strategies.
Cite This Study
William B. White (2007) studied this question.