Diurnal blood pressure pattern and risk of congestive heart failure
E Ingelsson, K Björklund-Bodegård, L Lind, J Ärnlöv… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextHigh blood pressure is the most important risk factor for congestive heart failure
(CHF) at a population level, but the relationship of an altered diurnal blood pressure pattern
to risk of subsequent CHF is unknown. ObjectivesTo explore 24-hour ambulatory blood
pressure characteristics as predictors of CHF incidence and to investigate whether altered
diurnal blood pressure patterns confer any additional risk information beyond that provided
by conventional office blood pressure measurements. Design, Setting, and …
(CHF) at a population level, but the relationship of an altered diurnal blood pressure pattern
to risk of subsequent CHF is unknown. ObjectivesTo explore 24-hour ambulatory blood
pressure characteristics as predictors of CHF incidence and to investigate whether altered
diurnal blood pressure patterns confer any additional risk information beyond that provided
by conventional office blood pressure measurements. Design, Setting, and …