By continuous monitoring of abdominal aortic blood pressure via telemetry in conscious rats, we have observed that systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressures of male Brown-Norway rats were all significantly lower than that of male Wistar-Kyoto rats, despite the fact that all of the values in both strains were within normotensive ranges. Further analyses performed in 166 animals from the progeny o...

This study determined the percentiles of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and theABSTRACT This study determined the percentiles of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension among 789 primary-school children aged 7-12 years in the city of Eghbalieh, Islamic Republic of Iran. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure increased with increasing age in both sexes...

Among patients with acute stroke, high blood pressure (BP) and higher levels of circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) at the entry are often associated with poor outcome, although the reason is unclear. If the link between BP and stroke outcome is indeed mediated by inflammatory response, one would expect to see positive associations between BP and CRP. In a prospective observational stroke data...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) is well known as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients. Mathematically, AASI reflect the standard deviation (SD) of blood pressure (BP) variation. AASI is measured higher levels in non-dipper than dipper. Thus, AASI has a possibility of not only reflecting arterial stiffness but also BP variability a...

AIMS This study quantified hypertension load using 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring after successful repair of coarctation of the aorta less than (1) or more than 10 years previously (2) and examined the influence of the surgical procedure (anastomosis or subclavian flap). METHODS AND RESULTS Ambulatory blood pressure recordings were obtained using an Accutracker II monitor every 30 ...

Levels of BP have been associated with increasing rates of renal allograft failure from cadaveric donors, independent of renal function. The effect of BP, a modifiable risk factor, on the failure rates of renal allografts from living donors is unknown and maybe obscured by the rate of decline of renal function from this source of organs. A nonconcurrent cohort study collecting data from 392 rec...