Open AccessMorning blood pressure surge and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease*1Role of the alpha adrenergic sympathetic nervous system
Author(s) -
Kazuomi Kario
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.04.001
Subject(s) - doxazosin , medicine , morning , blood pressure , adrenergic , ambulatory blood pressure , quartile , endocrinology , cardiology , confidence interval , receptor
The morning surge of blood pressure (BP) is associated with alpha-adrenergic activity. We studied the association between the alpha-adrenergic morning surge in BP and silent cerebrovascular disease in elderly patients with hypertension.
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