Hypertension, Blood Pressure Variability, and Target Organ Lesion

Hypertensive patients have a higher risk of developing health complications, particularly cardiovascular (CV) events, than individuals with normal blood pressure (BP). Severity of complications depends on the magnitude of BP elevation and other CV risk factors associated with the target organ damage...

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Published in:Current hypertension reports 2016-04, Vol.18 (4), p.31-31, Article 31
Main Authors: Irigoyen, Maria-Cláudia, De Angelis, Kátia, dos Santos, Fernando, Dartora, Daniela R., Rodrigues, Bruno, Consolim-Colombo, Fernanda Marciano
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use
Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Determination
Cardiology
Family Medicine
General Practice
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - drug therapy
Hypertension - physiopathology
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Nephrology
Pathogenesis of Hypertension (W Elliott and R Santos
Primary Care Medicine
Risk Factors
Section Editors
Topical Collection on Pathogenesis of Hypertension
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Summary:Hypertensive patients have a higher risk of developing health complications, particularly cardiovascular (CV) events, than individuals with normal blood pressure (BP). Severity of complications depends on the magnitude of BP elevation and other CV risk factors associated with the target organ damage. Therefore, BP control and management of organ damage may contribute to reduce this risk. BP variability (BPV) has been considered a physiological marker of autonomic nervous system control and may be implicated in increased CV risk in hypertension. This review will present some evidence relating BPV and target organ damage in hypertension in clinical and experimental settings.
ISSN:1522-6417
1534-3111
DOI:10.1007/s11906-016-0642-9