2021
DOI: 10.1111/jch.14210
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Should reduction of increased short‐term blood pressure variability be a target of antihypertensive therapy?

Abstract: An extensive and highly consistent body of evidence indicates that the average level of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) correlates more closely than casual BP with the cardiovascular (CV) and renal complications of arterial hypertension. 1,2 However, average pressures neglect the temporal variation in BP, which may be also prognostically relevant. 1,[3][4][5][6][7] Since the pioneering observations ofStephen Hales, during the 18th century, BP has been recognized as a fluctuating parameter 2 ; indeed, it ha… Show more

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