Predictive value of achieved blood pressure for cardiac events in the long-term follow-up of heart transplant recipients

Background A low diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is associated with increased cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease or chronic kidney disease. Aim The aim of this study was to assess the association of blood pressure with cardiac events during the long-term follow-up of heart transplant recipients. Patients and methods In this prospective cohort study, we performed ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and home blood pressure monitoring in 76 transplant heart recipients 13.5±6.6 years after transplantation. The patients were followed for 54±17 months after blood pressure monitoring. Results Twenty-one patients had a cardiac event (cardiac death, acute coronary event, coronary revascularization procedure, and hospitalization for heart failure) during the follow-up. In the Kaplan–Meier survival analysis, we found that a DBP below the median value (
Source: Blood Pressure Monitoring - Category: Cardiology Tags: Clinical Studies and Pathophysiology Source Type: research