Why the study?
Does oral calcium supplementation improve baroreceptor reflex function and reduce blood pressure lability in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension?
Population
14 hospitalized patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension, mean age 56 +/- 11.2 years, 9 males…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 week
Authors
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Calcium supplementation was associated with improved baroreflex sensitivity in hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does oral calcium supplementation improve baroreceptor reflex function and reduce blood pressure lability in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension?
Short-term oral calcium supplementation may augment baroreceptor reflex function and reduce blood pressure lability in patients with essential hypertension.
Dazai et al. (1994) studied this question.
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