The relationship between circadian blood pressure pattern and ventricular repolarization dynamics assessed by QT dynamicity

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-19

  Okutucu, Sercan ^a   Karakulak, Ugur Nadir ^a   Sahiner, Levent ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Demiri, Edis ^a   Evranos, Banu ^a   Fatihoglu, Sefik Gorkem ^a   Kaya, Ergun Baris ^a   Kabakci, Giray ^a   Tokgozoglu, Lale ^a   Ozkutlu, Hilmi ^a   Oto, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; dipper; nondipper; QT dynamicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84856041125     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3283502504     Document Type: Article

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