Self-measurement of blood pressure at home: is it reliable?

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main objective was to compare the mean change in augmentation index of hypertensive patients treated with nebivolol or atenolol. METHODS:Multicenter, double-blind randomized study conducted in six Spanish centers. We enrolled outpatients between the ages of 40 and 65 years with mild or moderate essent...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Redón J,Pascual-Izuel JM,Rodilla E,Vicente A,Oliván J,Bonet J,Torguet JP,Calaforra O,Almirall J

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:In a previous study we investigated the differential time courses of the vasodilator effect of various calcium antagonists (CA) in small isolated rat mesenteric arteries (van der Lee et al., Fundam Clin Pharmacol, 1998: 12: 607-12). We concluded that the differences observed could be due to differences in lipophilicit...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： van der Lee R,Pfaffendorf M,Koopmans RP,van Lieshout JJ,van Montfrans GA,van Zwieten PA

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Purpose: We aimed to identify sex-specific factors associated with increase in blood pressure (BP) and incident hypertension in early midlife.Materials and methods: 2,008 women and 1,610 men aged 40-43 years were followed for six years in the Hordaland Health Study. Participants taking antihypertensive medication at b...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Kringeland E,Tell GS,Midtbø H,Haugsgjerd TR,Igland J,Gerdts E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hypertension and Diabetes Screening and Awareness (HYDRA) study is a cross-sectional point-prevalence study performed in September 2001; 45,125 primary care attendees were recruited from a representative nationwide sample of 1912 primary care practices in Germany. Around 42% of all patients presenting in these pra...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Steckelings UM,Stoppelhaar M,Sharma AM,Wittchen HU,Krause P,Küpper B,Kirch W,Pittrow D,Ritz E,Göke B,Lehnert H,Tschöpe D,Höfler M,Pfister H,Unger T,HYDRA Study Group.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma level of adrenaline has been reported to be elevated in borderline hypertension. However, its role in developing and maintaining hypertension is still not completely understood. This study aimed to estimate the role of plasma adrenaline in developing hypertension. Ten patients with borderline hypertension (BHT)...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Minatoguchi S,Ito H,Ishimura K,Suzuki T,Tonai N,Mori M,Hirakawa S,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Medullipin I (Med I) is a vasodepressor prohormone which is continuously elaborated into the renal venous effluent (RVE) of isolated rat kidneys perfused under high pressure. We have improved the yield of Med I by substituting saline for the albumin perfusate previously reported; and considerably improved refinement b...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Brooks B,Byers LW,Muirhead EE,Muirhead M,Pitcock JA,Maddipati KR,Maxey KM

更新日期：1994-11-01 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

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更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and changes of cardiovascular risk factors in the middle-aged Lithuanian subjects after conducting the primary prevention program. DESIGN AND METHODS:Four cross-sectional investigations of cardiovascular risk factors were conducted in 2009 (n = 9625), 2010 ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Laucevičius A,Rinkūnienė E,Skujaitė A,Petrulionienė Ž,Puronaitė R,Dženkevičiūtė V,Kasiulevičius V,Jatužis D,Ryliškytė L,Šlapikas R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To study the differences in attitudes towards hypertension and drug treatment between patients persistent and non-persistent to antihypertensive drug treatment. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study on patients with hypertension treated at 25 primary healthcare centres in Stockholm, Sweden. Questionnai...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Qvarnström M,Kahan T,Kieler H,Brandt L,Hasselström J,Wettermark B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical pain is a major trigger for changes in many homeostatic systems of the body physiology. Our aim was to study the relationship between blood pressure, metabolism and pain perception in subjects with chronic pain symptoms. This was undertaken in a population-based study in primary health care, including subject...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Nilsson PM,Kandell-Collén A,Andersson HI

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the effects of amlodipine and verapamil slow release on autonomic responses to a 5-min mental arithmetic test (MST) in patients with mild to moderate hypertension. Twenty subjects received 8 weeks of verapamil slow release 240 mg or amlodipine 10 mg in a double-blind crossover design, both after 4 weeks' p...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Sevre K,Lefrandt JD,Eide I,Smit AJ,Rostrup M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence to indicate an important role for increased local renin-angiotensin system activity in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol that activates SIRT1, a novel cardioprotective and longevity factor having NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetyl...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Biala A,Tauriainen E,Siltanen A,Shi J,Merasto S,Louhelainen M,Martonen E,Finckenberg P,Muller DN,Mervaala E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low compliance to therapeutic regimens can have serious impact on patient health. A variety of technologies such as tablet dispensers and reminders has been developed to improve compliance. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptance of patients and physicians with regard to the functions and usefulness of a re...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Christensen A,Christrup LL,Fabricius PE,Chrostowska M,Wronka M,Narkiewicz K,Hansen EH

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:BACKGROUND. Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are neural crest cell-derived tumors and rarely occur in the adrenal gland. They are usually asymptomatic and hormonally silent. The majority of cases are detected incidentally during work-up for unrelated conditions. Hormone-secreting pure adrenal GNs in adults are extremely rare. To...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Erem C,Fidan M,Civan N,Cobanoglu U,Kangul F,Nuhoglu I,Alhan E

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birth weight and high placental weight are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Children born after hypertensive pregnancies have higher blood pressure than children born after normotensive pregnancies. Hypertension in pregnancy is considered a major risk factor for intrauterine growth...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Himmelmann K,Himmelmann A,Niklasson A,Svensson A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Weight and height are two major determinants of left ventricular mass (LVM); the anthropometric parameter to which LVM should be normalized remains, however, debated. In a population of hypertensives, we compared the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) defined by two indexation criteria ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Cuspidi C,Giudici V,Lonati L,Sala C,Valerio C,Mancia G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Having found that circulating adrenaline (AD) is selectively elevated in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) compared with Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), we extended the comparison to include other normotensive and hypertensive rat strains. Aortic catheters were implanted in young (5-7 weeks) and old (7-9 m...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Jablonskis LT,Howe PR

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:One-thousand-four-hundred-and-fifty-three patients admitted to a teaching hospital, haemodynamically stable and not severely ill nor in significant pain, were interviewed within 48 h of admission and demographic data and a detailed drinking history were obtained. Supine blood pressures (BP) were recorded on the day fo...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Howes JB,Ryan J,Fairbrother G,O'Neill K,Howes LG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose: To evaluate longitudinal trends in the prevalence of hyperuricaemia and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Czech adults with and without arterial hypertension (HT).Materials and methods: Two independent cross-sectional surveys were performed in 2006-2009 and 2015-2018, each screening involving 1% population ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Krajčoviechová A,Wohlfahrt P,Bruthans J,Šulc P,Lánská V,Borghi C,Cífková R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Essential hypertension and insulin resistance frequently coexist; cyclosporine A (CsA) is known to induce hypertension which has been used as a model for essential hypertension. The present study aimed to evaluate whether elevated blood pressure and insulin resistance coexist during CsA therapy to prove the ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Kutkuhn B,Hollenbeck M,Heering P,Koch M,Voiculescu A,Reinhard T,Grabensee B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare unattended blood pressure (BP) with two attended BP, with 24-h ambulatory (ABPM) and central BP measurements in hypertensive patients with (DMs) and without diabetes (HTs). METHODS:In the same hypertension clinic we evaluate 129 consecutive HTs (56% female, 59 + 16 yrs) and 91 DMs (62% female, 64 ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Polonia J,Baptista C,Silva J,Barbosa L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurohormonal changes in congestive heart failure (CHF) include an enhanced peripheral sympathetic nerve activity which results in increased release of noradrenaline, neuropeptide Y and ATP. To examine if such changes in CHF would modulate peripheral pre- and postsynaptic receptors of ATP and its degradation product a...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Zhao XH,Sun XY,Erlinge D,Edvinsson L,Hedner T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is a global health threat and major cardiovascular risk. Various risk-prediction models for incident hypertension have been developed but not many of them have studied the risk-predictive value of life style factors in combination with cardiovascular biomarkers during long-term period of over 10...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Terho A,Bloigu R,Bloigu A,Niemelä O,Tulppo M,Kesäniemi YA,Ukkola O

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Elevated intracellular free calcium (Ca2+) has been proposed as a mechanism of alcohol-induced hypertension from animal experimental studies, but this has not been confirmed in man. In the present study, intraplatelet Ca2+ concentration (plt.[Ca2+]i) was measured in 83 middle-aged men, and the associations between alc...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ikai E,Ishizaki M,Tsuritani I,Ishida M,Noborisaka Y,Yamada Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00