Circadian blood pressure rhythm and intimal-medial thickness changes in non-dipper normotensive patients
Autor: | Massimiliano Rocchietti March, Claudia Maggiore, Gerardo Salerno, Agostino De Venanzi, Elena Scaramucci, Patrizia Cardelli |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Zdroj: | Italian Journal of Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 360-363 (2017) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1877-9344 1877-9352 |
DOI: | 10.4081/itjm.2017.819 |
Popis: | We investigated 25 non-dipper normotensive vs 25 dipper normotensive patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) in the two groups. At the admission patients underwent anamnesis and general examination, blood sampling for lipid profile measurement, glycemia, homocysteine, ambulatory blood pressure measurement to assess the circadian blood pressure profile, and Doppler ultrasound to measure carotid IMT. Our results showed that IMT is significantly higher in the non-dipper group (P |
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