Open Access24‐Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Evaluation of Supine Hypertension and Orthostatic Hypotension
Author(s) -
Ejaz A. Ahsan,
Kazory Amir,
Heinig Marcelo E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.07298.x
Subject(s) - orthostatic vital signs , medicine , supine position , blood pressure , ambulatory blood pressure , anesthesia , ambulatory , postprandial , hemodynamics , cardiology , insulin
The presence of orthostatic hypotension has been shown to be a significant, independent predictor of all‐cause mortality. Systolic and diastolic orthostatic hypotension, reversal of the circadian pattern, and postprandial hypotension are some of the hemodynamic factors that may contribute to the increased mortality seen in patients with orthostatic hypotension. The high variability of blood pressure in orthostatic hypotension cannot usually be adequately assessed by a one‐time measurement. In this group of patients, 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring may be more useful.