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

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Další údaje

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

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Anotace

V originále

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.