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Research on blood pressure reported by G.S. Stergiou et al

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 25th, 2008

Scientists discuss in 'Intraindividual reproducibility of blood pressure surge upon rising after nighttime sleep and siesta' new findings in blood pressure. According to a study from Athens, Greece, "The surge in blood pressure (BP) upon rising after waking in the morning has been associated with increased risk of target organ damage and cardiovascular events. The reproducibility of this phenomenon within the same 24-h period was tested in subjects with a siesta during ambulatory BP monitoring by assessing the morning surge (MS) vs. the evening surge (ES) after siesta."

"Ambulatory BP recordings with reported siesta from hypertensive subjects were analyzed. MS and ES...

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