Editorial: Circadian Disruption of the Blood Pressure Rhythm as Predictor of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcome and Overall Mortality

CORNELISSEN, Germaine, Jarmila SIEGELOVÁ a Kuniaki OTSUKA. Editorial: Circadian Disruption of the Blood Pressure Rhythm as Predictor of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcome and Overall Mortality. World Heart Journal. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2016, roč. 8, č. 1, s. 5-10. ISSN 1556-4002.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Editorial: Circadian Disruption of the Blood Pressure Rhythm as Predictor of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcome and Overall Mortality
• Autoři: CORNELISSEN, Germaine, Jarmila SIEGELOVÁ a Kuniaki OTSUKA.
• Vydání: World Heart Journal, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2016, 1556-4002.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 30201 Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems
• Stát vydavatele: Spojené státy
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Organizační jednotka: Lékařská fakulta
• Klíčová slova anglicky: circadian rhythm; blood pressure
• Štítky: EL OK
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

In this issue of the World Heart Journal, Gaspar et al. show that a disrupted circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) is associated with an increased risk of overall mortality [1]. Rhythm disruption in this case is defined based on the diurnal index used for a classification in terms of “dipping.” The study population consists of elderly (>75 years) hypertensive patients, some of them presenting with comorbidities at the time of ambulatory BP monitoring over 24 hours. The results are important since they show the merit of measuring BP around the clock under conditions of everyday life and of interpreting the results in the light of reference values. In this case, the reference value is a diurnal index of less than - 10%, corresponding to a BP drop by night of at least 10% from the average daytime value.