Morning blood pressure surge is associated with carotid intima-media thickness in prehypertensive patients

Alpaydin S., Turan Y., ÇALIŞKAN M., Caliskan Z., Aksu F., ÖZYILDIRIM S., ...More

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, vol.22, no.3, pp.131-136, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000252
  • Journal Name: BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.131-136
  • Keywords: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, blood pressure, cardiovascular risk, carotid intima-media thickness, mean platelet volume, morning blood pressure surge, PLATELET ACTIVATION, PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, ARTERY INTIMA, RISK, DISEASE, STROKE, ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective Morning blood pressure (BP) surge (MBPS) is defined as an excessive increase in the morning BP from the lowest systolic BP during sleep and is reported as a risk factor for cardiovascular events in current clinical studies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between MBPS and carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) in prehypertensive patients.