Open AccessThe Morning Blood Pressure Surge and All-Cause Mortality in Patients Referred for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Author(s) -
Sarah Israel,
AnnaKaroline Israel,
Iddo Z. BenDov,
Michael Bursztyn
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.1038/ajh.2011.58
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , hazard ratio , blood pressure , morning , cardiology , proportional hazards model , ambulatory , cohort , confidence interval
Morning blood pressure surge (MS) is accepted to increase cardiovascular risk, but it is not clear how it should be defined. Because dipping on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) associates with improved outcome we hypothesized that MS will not predict mortality independent of dipping.
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