Change in Blood Pressure Variability Among Treated Elderly Hypertensive Patients and Its Association With Mortality

Change in Blood Pressure Variability Among Treated Elderly Hypertensive Patients and Its Association With Mortality

Background Information is scarce regarding effects of antihypertensive medication on blood pressure variability (BPV) and associated clinical outcomes. We examined whether antihypertensive treatment changes BPV over time and whether such change (decline or increase) has any association with long‐ter...

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Main Authors: Enayet K. Chowdhury, Mark R. Nelson, Lindon M. H. Wing, Garry L. R. Jennings, Lawrence J. Beilin, Christopher M. Reid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
ambulatory blood pressure
cardiovascular events
change in blood pressure variability
elderly
hypertension
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012630

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