Does sympathetic overactivation feature all hypertensives? Differences of sympathovagal balance according to night/day blood pressure ratio in patients with essential hypertension
- Autori: Di Raimondo, D.; Miceli, G.; Casuccio, A.; Tuttolomondo, A.; Buttà , C.; Zappulla, V.; Schimmenti, C.; Musiari, G.; Pinto, A.
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2016
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Diurnal/nocturnal blood pressure ratio; Essential hypertension; Extreme dipper; Heart rate variability; Internal Medicine; Physiology; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/199380
Abstract
When evaluating the 'night/day BP ratio', both hypertensives and normotensives can be arbitrarily classified into four groups: extreme dippers (ratio ⩽0.8), dippers (0.8