Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PULSE PRESSURE AND BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
Abstract:The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship of pulse pressure and the total gain of baroreflex in patients with essential hypertension who were treated with ACE inhibitors or Ca antagonists. ...The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship of pulse pressure and the total gain of baroreflex in patients with essential hypertension who were treated with ACE inhibitors or Ca antagonists. Blood pressure was measured beat-by-beat (Finapres Ohmeda, USA, 5 min). Baroreflex sensitivity of the heart rate was determined by means of spectral analysis. The baroreflex component of the blood pressure response was determined by means of an original method developed in our department. A group of 30 patients was divided, according to pulse pressure values corrected by mean arterial pressure (MAP), into two subgroups: one with a lower corrected pulse pressure and the other with a higher pulse pressure. The treated hypertensives with a higher pulse pressure were older and had a lower gain of the baroreflex response of systolic blood pressure.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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