Night-time Blood Pressure Patterns and Target Organ Damage: a Review

Overview

Journal Can J Cardiol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2007 Feb 22

PMID 17311119

Citations 59

Authors

Faye S Routledge

Judith A McFetridge-Durdle

C R Dean

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Abstract

Background: Individuals who do not have a 10% to 20% reduction in blood pressure (BP) during the night are known as 'nondippers'. The cause of this nondipping phenomenon is not fully understood; however, there is a growing body of evidence linking a nondipping BP pattern with target organ damage.

Objective: To review the literature and present an overview of the target organ damage found to be associated with a nondipping BP pattern.

Methods: PubMed, CINAHL and Medscape searches of all available English language articles from 1986 to 2005 were performed. Search terms included 'BP nondipping', 'BP dipping' and 'target organ damage'.

Results: There is evidence to suggest that individuals with hypertension who exhibit a nondipping BP profile are at higher risk of cardiac and extracardiac morbidity and mortality. In particular, nondippers with essential hypertension have been found to have more advanced left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular mass and left ventricular mass index, carotid artery wall thickness, carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques, silent cerebral infarct, stroke, cognitive impairment and microalbuminuria.

Conclusion: A better understanding of the importance of the circadian variations of BP may help to identify those at higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as lay the foundation for interventions to prevent/treat alterations in night-time BP patterns.

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