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The Importance of Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Measurement, as Highlighted by the Correlation with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in an Untreated Hypertensive Population

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Hypertensive heart disease, especially left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), is considered to be one of the main types hypertension-mediated organ damage.
Christina Antza, Georgios Tziomalos, Georgios Kostopoulos, Christina Trakatelli, Vasilios Kotsis   +4 more
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Longitudinal assessment of high blood pressure in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. [PDF]

, 2014
ObjectiveNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 9.6% of children and may put these children at elevated risk of high blood pressure and subsequent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Behling, Cynthia, Donithan, Michele, Hallinan, Erin K, Newton, Kimberly P, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network, Schwimmer, Jeffrey B, Tonascia, James, Xanthakos, Stavra A, Zepeda, Anne   +8 more
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American, European and international hypertension guidelines: Time to shake hands?

International Journal of Cardiology. Hypertension, 2021
Background: Following evidence-based medicine through guidelines is the first step to successfully treat hypertension and prevent cardiovascular outcomes. Methods: This study compares the recommendations of the most recent American College of Cardiology (
Christina Antza, Ioannis Doundoulakis, Stella Stabouli, Vasilios Kotsis   +3 more
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RAS-challenge as a first-look test for detection of primary aldosteronism in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose Primary aldosteronism (PA), characterised by low-renin hypertension, confers a high cardiovascular risk and is the most common cause of secondary hypertension, with an increased prevalence in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension ...
Christian Beger, Theresa Karg, Jan B. Hinrichs, Bastian Ringe, Hermann Haller, Bernhard C. Meyer, Florian P. Limbourg   +6 more
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Interaction between slow wave sleep and elevated office blood pressure in non-hypertensive obstructive sleep apnea patients: a cross-sectional study

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose: Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) has been linked to hypertension in some studies. The aim of the study is to investigate the association between SWS and office blood pressure (BP) in non-hypertensive obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Ning Xia, Hao Wang, Lin Zhang, Xiao-Jun Fan, Xiu-Hong Nie   +4 more
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The associations of self-reported salt-intake and spot urine sodium with home blood pressure

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose: A limited number of studies have suggested a nonlinear association between spot urine (SU) sodium concentration and office blood pressure (BP). We examined how SU sodium concentration and dietary salt obtained from a food frequency questionnaire
Henrik Wistrand, Teemu Niiranen, Niina E. Kaartinen, Ville L. Langén   +3 more
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BLOOD PRESSURE AND PUBERTY [PDF]

Pediatric Research, 1974
The purpose of this investigation was to study the relation of blood pressure to sexual maturation in 229 boys and 189 girls, 10 to 14 years of age. The results showed that there was no significant correlation between the systolic and diastolic pressure with the level of serum follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in either sex.
S, Londe, A, Johanson, N S, Kronemer, D, Goldring   +3 more
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Cardiovascular organ damage in relation to hypertension status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose Hypertension is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Less is known about the prevalence of CV organ damage in relation to hypertension status in AS patients.
Gyda Ullensvang, Ester Kringeland, Eirik Ikdahl, Sella Provan, Inger Jorid Berg, Silvia Rollefstad, Hanne Dagfinrud, Eva Gerdts, Anne Grete Semb, Helga Midtbø   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning-Based prediction of Post-Treatment ambulatory blood pressure in patients with hypertension

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose. Pre-treatment prediction of individual blood pressure (BP) response to anti-hypertensive medication is important to determine the specific regimen for promptly and safely achieving a target BP.
Hyeonyong Hae, Soo-Jin Kang, Tae Oh Kim, Pil Hyung Lee, Seung-Whan Lee, Young-Hak Kim, Cheol Whan Lee, Seong-Wook Park   +7 more
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Assessment of hypertension-mediated organ damage in children and adolescents with hypertension

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose: Arterial hypertension (HT) is a main, potentially reversible cardiovascular risk factor. Long lasting HT leads to hypertension mediated organ damage (HMOD) of heart, vascular bed, and kidneys.
Michał Pac, Łukasz Obrycki, Jan Koziej, Krzysztof Skoczyński, Anna Starnawska-Bojsza, Mieczysław Litwin   +5 more
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