Removing the mask on hypertension (REMAH) study: Design; quality of blood pressure phenotypes and characteristics of the first 490 participants.

abstract：:Several lines of evidence show that metabolic syndrome represents an important therapeutic challenge for the forthcoming years. This is because of the epidemic burden of this multifaceted disease, the adverse impact on cardiovascular risk, as well as the problems posed in its management. This paper will provide an up-...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Grassi G,Seravalle G,Quarti-Trevano F,Dell'Oro R,Bombelli M,Mancia G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess safety and efficacy of valsartan/amlodipine combination in hypertensive Taiwanese patients. METHODS:This 12-week, multi-center, prospective, observational, post-marketing study enrolled 1029 patients to receive valsartan/amlodipine combination alone or as add-on to other antihypertensives. Efficacy was ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Cheng SM,Mar GY,Huang SC,Chen CS,Hsieh CM,Huang LC,Ueng KC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) at home is more common than 10 years ago and encouraged by current guidelines to increase patient adherence to treatment and reach the goal of target BP. The aims of this study are to evaluate the accuracy of home sphygmomanometers and to investigate behavior/knowledge of the sp...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Dilek M,Adibelli Z,Aydogdu T,Koksal AR,Cakar B,Akpolat T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim was to evaluate the level of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), interleukin 18 (IL-18) and retinol binding protein (RBP) in children with primary hypertension and no features of hypertensive nephropathy. METHODS:The study group consisted of 19 children (15 males) aged 14.8 ± 2.1...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Blumczynski A,Sołtysiak J,Lipkowska K,Silska M,Poprawska A,Musielak A,Zaniew M,Zachwieja J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational hypertension is a recognized risk factor for the development of complications during pregnancy. The present study retrospectively assessed the respective values of blood pressure components derived from conventional and 24-h recordings (ABPM) as predictors of premature delivery in women with gestational hy...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Liro M,Gasowski J,Wydra D,Grodzicki T,Emerich J,Narkiewicz K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical profile and blood pressure (BP) control rates of anticoagulated patients with hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS:The PAULA study was a multicenter cross-sectional/retrospective observational study conducted throughout Spain. The study included patients with nonvalvul...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Barrios V,Escobar C,Prieto Valiente L,Lobos JM,Vargas-Ortega D,Polo J,Marin Montañés N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial dysfunction plays a major role in erectile dysfunction (ED). Uric acid (UA) is a marker of endothelial dysfunction. We hypothesized that increased UA levels may be associated with ED and aimed to investigate whether there is a relationship between, UA and ED in hypertensive patients. METHODS:A t...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Aribas A,Kayrak M,Ulucan S,Keser A,Demir K,Alibasic H,Akilli H,Solak Y,Avci A,Turan Y,Kaya Z,Katlandur H,Kanbay M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate further the relationship between atherosclerotic vascular disease and blood pressure, and the phenomenon of white coat hypertension, we performed a cross-sectional study of patients referred for carotid Doppler scanning, to determine the relationship between ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) a...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Landray MJ,Sagar G,Murray S,Beevers M,Beevers DG,Lip GY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) is an easy and standardized tool to measure blood pressure (BP) at home, which is recommended by several national and international guidelines to obtain reliable BP values. It is a useful and dependable measure of BP, which can add information to the more common and standardized m...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Bonafini S,Fava C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body insulin sensitivity has been shown to be impaired in subjects with increased left ventricular relative wall thickness (RWT) and in hypertensive subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy, but the relation between myocardial insulin sensitivity and RWT or left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in normotension is...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Sundström J,Lind L,Valind S,Holmäng A,Björntorp P,Andrén B,Waldenström A,Lithell H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Arterial stiffness predicts cardiovascular complications. The association between arterial stiffness and blood lead (BL) remains poorly documented. We aimed to assess the association of central hemodynamic measurements, including pulse wave velocity (aPWV), with blood lead in a Flemish population.Materials an...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Yu CG,Wei FF,Zhang ZY,Thijs L,Yang WY,Mujaj B,Feng YM,Boggia J,Roels HA,Struijker-Boudier HAJ,Nawrot TS,Verhamme P,Staessen JA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compare multiple in office BP measurements in adolescents using an oscillometric device with out-of-office blood pressure measurements (home blood pressure monitoring - HBPM). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Office measurements were performed with validated semi-automatic devices twice (3 minutes interval) in two differ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Jardim TV,Gaziano TA,Nascente FM,Carneiro CS,Morais P,Roriz V,Mendonça KL,Póvoa TIR,Barroso WKS,Sousa ALL,Jardim PCV

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lack of nocturnal BP fall less than 10% of the daytime, called non-dipper hypertension, is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to investigate atrial conduction time in patients with non-dipper hypertension using electromechanical coupling interval an...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ermis N,Acikgoz N,Cuglan B,Cansel M,Yagmur J,Tasolar H,Barutcu I,Pekdemir H,Ozdemir R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if young normotensive subjects with a familial history of essential hypertension (FHH) or young borderline-hypertensive (BHT) subjects have a defect endothelial function. METHODS:Fifteen young (26 +/- 4 years) healthy normotensive (115 +/- 8/71 +/- 6 mmHg) subjects with a FHH, 31 matched healt...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Millgård J,Hägg A,Sarabi M,Lind L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BBB study (Swedish for Behandla Blodtryck Bättre or Treat Blood Pressure Better) was a multicenter trial designed to investigate three aspects of antihypertensive treatment: i) Is it possible to lower the diastolic blood pressure further in "well-treated" hypertensive patients through intensified therapy? ii) Can ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Hannson L

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disordered breathing has increasingly been recognised as a frequent cause of ill-health in the community. Moderate or severe forms of the most common condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), occur in up to 12% of the adult male population. A substantial body of literature has been published on the potential rel...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors：

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improves upper airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), who often are overweight-obese. Although it is thought that CPAP improves long-term blood pressure control (BP), the impact of acute and short-term CPAP use on the cardiovascular syst...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ratneswaran C,Pengo MF,Xiao S,Luo Y,Rossi GP,Polkey MI,Moxham J,Steier J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common amongst the older population and is associated with morbidity and mortality. We sought to investigate predictors of OH to assist the clinician in identifying patients at risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:Database of 2696 patients attending a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) cl...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： de la Iglesia B,Ong AC,Potter JF,Metcalf AK,Myint PK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been documented that patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) have an abnormal blood pressure (pressor) response to acute hypoxia when awake. The relationship between hypoxic chemosensitivity and 24 h blood pressure in OSA is not known. Twenty-four hour ambulatory BP (ABP) was measured at 15 min ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Wilcox I,Collins FL,Grunstein RR,Hedner J,Kelly DT,Sullivan CE

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the western world and has reached epidemic proportions. The incidence of congestive heart failure (CHD) and hypertension is also rising rapidly in many of the affluent Arab nations and cardiovascular diseases continue to be a leading cause o...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Bener A,al Suwaidi J,el-Menyar A,Gehani A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of aortic ligation in mice with a hydronephrotic kidney (absence of macula densa) was used to determine the effects of aortic ligation on the renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Blood pressure increased from 83 +/- 2 to 133 +/- 8 mmHg within 7 days after aortic ligation (p < 0.01). Aortic ligation increased ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Zhang DY,Morgan TO

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare insulin sensitivity and catecholamine responses to insulin in lean, hypertensive (HT) and normotensive (NT) premenopausal women. HT (BP 149 5/99 +/- 2 mmHg, n = 14) and NT (BP 128 +/- 4/81 +/- 2 mmHg, n = 12) were matched for age (46 +/- 1 vs. 47 +/- 1 years) and body mass i...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Nordby G,Moan A,Kjeldsen SE,Eide IK,Os I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns, particularly concentric LV hypertrophy, are associated with a greater risk of hypertensive complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between LV myocardial performance index (LVMPI) and aortic distensibility (AD) with different L...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Sahіn DY,Gür M,Elbasan Z,Kalkan GY,Ozdoğru I,Kivrak A,Gözübüyük G,Kuloğlu O,Sümbül Z,Cayli M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microvasculature and macrovasculature undergo extensive, organ-specific perinatal maturation. Multiple studies show associations between low birth weight and subsequent cardiovascular dysfunction in adulthood, suggesting that extreme preterm birth interferes with this maturation process. Therefore, we designed PRE...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Raaijmakers A,Petit T,Gu Y,Zhang Z,Wei F,Cools B,Jacobs L,Thijs L,Thewissen L,Levtchenko E,Staessen JA,Allegaert K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to determine if there is an association of different gene polymorphisms of renin-angiotensin system and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with essential hypertension (EH) in St Petersburg population. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We examined 156 patients (the mean age 49+...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Shlyakhto EV,Shwartz EI,Nefedova YB,Zukova AV,Vinnic TA,Conrady AO

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore whether a condition of severe heart failure results in alteration of the 24-h-blood pressure (BP) profile and BP circadian rhythm, 19 patients with severe heart failure (NYHA class III-IV, 17M, 2F, mean age 57+/-8 years) were considered and compared to a control group of age- and sex-matched normal subjects...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Moroni C,De Biase L,Pannarale G,Bondanini F,Affricano D,Campa PP,Cassone R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate left ventricular (LV) morphology and function in normotensive offspring of subjects with essential hypertension (familial trait - FT), and to determine the association between LV mass and determinants of LV diastolic function and endothelium-dependent (NO-mediated) dilation of the bra...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Zizek B,Poredos P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) reflects the endogenous vascular repair ability, with the EPCs pool declining in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. However, their relationship with hypertension and the effects of anti-hypertensive treatment remain uncle...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： de Ciuceis C,Pilu A,Rizzoni D,Porteri E,Muiesan ML,Salvetti M,Paini A,Belotti E,Zani F,Boari GE,Rosei CA,Rosei EA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), plasma and 24-h urine catecholamines, plasma renin activity (PRA), and serum aldosterone were studied in offspring of hypertensive and normotensive families [n = 82; age 37 +/- 7 years (mean +/- SD)]. Despite higher age, higher blood pressure, and higher urine excretion of cate...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Mo R,Myking OL,Lund-Johansen P,Omvik P

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertensive patients who are at high risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) complications have become the focus of modern treatment guidelines. The choice of antihypertensive therapies in these patients should be evidence-based: in particular, there should be evidence of a beneficial impact on CV events in addition t...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ruilope LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00