Association of Morning Hypertension Subtype With Vascular Target Organ Damage and Central Hemodynamics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A recent study reported that morning hypertension is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive patients. However, it is unclear whether morning hypertension associated with sustained nocturnal hypertension and that associated with morning blood pressure (BP) surge differ in terms of their effects on cardiovascular target organ damage and clinical outcomes. The present study aimed to determine the association of morning hypertension with/without nocturnal hypertension with vascular target organ damage and central hemodynamics in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

Methods and results

Ambulatory BP monitoring was performed and central BP was measured in 1070 consecutive patients with high cardiovascular risk. We grouped morning hyper

SUBMITTER: Oh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523792 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature