A reduced heart rate variability is independently associated with a blunted nocturnal blood pressure fall in patients with resistant hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 644-651

  Salles, Gil F ^a   Ribeiro, Frederico M ^a   Guimarães, Gleison M ^a   Muxfeldt, Elizabeth S ^a   Cardoso, Claudia R L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Nocturnal blood pressure fall; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Resistant hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLUNTED NOCTURNAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; RR INTERVAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84894077531     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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