Relation of blood pressure variability to left ventricular function and arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients.

CONCLUSION: Increased BP variability was associated with LV mass, dysfunction and arterial stiffness, suggesting that BP variability may be an important determinant of target organ damage in hypertensive patients.
PMID: 30854570 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Singapore Medical Journal - March 10, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Shin SH, Jang JH, Baek YS, Kwon SW, Park SD, Woo SI, Kim DH, Kwan J Tags: Singapore Med J Source Type: research