Key result
Continuous 24-hour monitoring links blood pressure variability to arterial baroreflexes, central modulation, aging, and hypertension.
Why the study?
The mechanisms underlying spontaneous blood pressure variability and its differences in normal versus high blood pressure subjects and with ageing are not fully understood.
This review highlights that blood pressure variability is modulated by both arterial baroreflexes and central mechanisms, and is influenced by hypertension and aging.
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May refine hypertension phenotyping; leaves open need for prospective trials before guiding therapy.
Mancia et al. (1985) conducted a review in Blood pressure variability. Continuous 24 hour blood pressure recording was evaluated on Factors involved in spontaneous blood pressure variability. Continuous 24-hour blood pressure recording revealed that blood pressure variability depends on arterial baroreflexes and central modulation, and is altered by hypertension and ageing.
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