ESSENTIAL ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH INSUFFICIENT DEGREE OF NOCTURNAL BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION: THE NEED OF CHRONOBIOLOGY APPROACH

Authors

  • O. V. Petrenko
  • M. I. Yabluchansky

Abstract

A clinical case of chronotherapy in hypertension with insufficient degree of nocturnal blood pressure (BP) reduction was described. Patient M., average 24-h BP according to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was160/98 mm Hg, systolic and diastolic blood pressure profile had non-dipper pattern. Taking into account individual circadian BP profile, the patient was recommended to take antihypertensive drug – lisinopril – at bedtime. As a result of this treatment, after 3 months the target levels and normalization of circadian rhythm of BP were achieved.

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2015-07-05

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No. 28 (2014)

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Clinical case

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ESSENTIAL ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH INSUFFICIENT DEGREE OF NOCTURNAL BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION: THE NEED OF CHRONOBIOLOGY APPROACH. (2015). The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series "Medicine", 28, 43-47. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/medicine/article/view/3438

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