Thomas Weber, Athanase D Protogerou, Mohsen Agharazii, Antonis Argyris, Sola Aoun Bahous, Jose R Banegas, Ronald K Binder, Jacques Blacher, Andréa Araujo Brandao, Juan J Cruz, Kathrin Danninger, Cristina Giannatasio, Auxiliadora Graciani, Bernhard Hametner, Piotr Jankowski, Yan Li, Alessandro Maloberti, Christopher C Mayer, Barry J McDonnell, Carmel M McEniery, Marco Antonio Mota Gomes, Annelise Machado Gomes, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Janos Nemcsik, Anna Paini, Enrique Rodilla, Aletta E Schutte, Petros P Sfikakis, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Alexandre Vallée, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Lisa Ware, Ian Wilkinson, Robert Zweiker, James E Sharman, Siegfried Wassertheurer
Central (aortic) systolic blood pressure (cSBP) is the pressure seen by the heart, the brain, and the kidneys. If properly measured, cSBP is closer associated with hypertension-mediated organ damage and prognosis, as compared with brachial SBP (bSBP). We investigated 24-hour profiles of bSBP and cSBP, measured simultaneously using Mobilograph devices, in 2423 untreated adults (1275 women; age, 18-94 years), free from overt cardiovascular disease, aiming to develop reference values and to analyze daytime-nighttime variability...
January 2022: Hypertension