Visit-to-Visit and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Variability as Predictors of Incident Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Hypertension
Author(s) -
Katsumi Eguchi,
Satoshi Hoshide,
Joseph E. Schwartz,
Kazuyuki Shimada,
Kazuomi Kario
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.75
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , cardiology , blood pressure , ambulatory , myocardial infarction , proportional hazards model , unstable angina , ambulatory blood pressure , heart failure , stroke (engine) , diastole , angina , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , engineering
Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability (BPV) has been shown to be a prognostic indicator in hypertensive patients. We designed this study to clarify the impacts of clinic and ambulatory BPV in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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