Association of Isolated Systolic, Isolated Diastolic, and Systolic‐Diastolic Masked Hypertension With Carotid Artery Intima‐Media Thickness | Zendy

Manios Efstathios | Zendy; Michas Fotios | Zendy; Stamatelopoulos Kimon | Zendy; Koroboki Eleni | Zendy; Stellos Konstantinos | Zendy; Tsouma Iliana | Zendy; Vemmos Konstantinos | Zendy; Zakopoulos Nikolaos | Zendy

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Association of Isolated Systolic, Isolated Diastolic, and Systolic‐Diastolic Masked Hypertension With Carotid Artery Intima‐Media Thickness

Author(s) -

Manios Efstathios,

Michas Fotios,

Stamatelopoulos Kimon,

Koroboki Eleni,

Stellos Konstantinos,

Tsouma Iliana,

Vemmos Konstantinos,

Zakopoulos Nikolaos

Publication year - 2015

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/jch.12430

Subject(s) - medicine , diastole , cardiology , blood pressure , ambulatory blood pressure , intima media thickness , ambulatory , systole , systolic hypertension , pulse pressure , carotid arteries

Masked hypertension ( MH ) is associated with advanced target organ damage. However, patients with MH constitute a group of individuals with heterogeneous characteristics concerning their ambulatory blood pressure ( BP ) status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of isolated systolic MH , isolated diastolic MH , and systolic/diastolic MH with carotid artery intima‐media thickness ( CIMT ). A total of 101 patients with MH underwent carotid artery ultrasonographic measurements. The patients were divided into three groups according to office and daytime BP values: isolated systolic MH , isolated diastolic MH , and systolic/diastolic MH . Patients with isolated systolic (n=36) (0.771 mm) and systolic/diastolic MH (n=37) (0.775 mm) had significantly ( P <.05) higher CIMT values than those with isolated diastolic MH (n=28) (0.664 mm), even after adjustment for baseline characteristics and risk factors. Patients with isolated systolic and systolic/diastolic MH presented significantly higher CIMT values compared with patients with isolated diastolic MH .

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