Ambulatory pulse pressure and hypertensive target organ damage

Pulse Pressure and Target Organ Damage

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and organ damage.

Several papers have suggested that 24-hour average blood pressure (BP) is superior to office BP in relation to hypertension target organ damage. This review article will specifically address the evidence provided in this regard by either cross-sectional or longitudinal studies. It will also critically discuss the available data supporting the concept that not only 24-hour average BP values, but...

Doppler ultrasonography and hypertensive target organ damage.

Address for Correspondence: Akihiro Tojo, Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655 Tokyo-Japan Phone: 81-3-3815-5411 Ext. 37219 Fax: 81-3-3814-0021 E-mail: [email protected] Accepted Date: 15.11.2013 Available Online Date: 09.12.2013 ©Copyright 2014 by AVES Available online at www.anakarder.com doi:10.5152/akd.2013.12677 Editorial ...

Impact of Ambulatory Blood Pressure on Early Cardiac and Renal Dysfunction in Hypertensive Patients without Clinically Apparent Target Organ Damage

PURPOSE Impaired left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) and the presence of microalbuminuria indicate early cardiac and renal dysfunction. We aimed to determine the relationships among 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) variables, LV GLS, and urine albumin creatinine ratio (UACR) in hypertensive patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 130 hypertensive patients (mean age 53...

Ambulatory arterial stiffness indices and target organ damage in hypertension

BACKGROUND The present study was designed to evaluate which arterial stiffness parameter - AASI or the home arterial stiffness index (HASI) - correlates best with vascular, cardiac and renal damage in hypertensive individuals. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 258 hypertensive patients. AASI and HASI were defined as the 1-regression slope of diastolic over systolic blo...