Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Yiming Ma

Publications

• Research Article
  Relationship between Nocturnal Blood Pressure and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Patients
  Author(s): Hang Zhu, Wei Zhang, Yajun Shi, Yiming Ma, Yunfeng Han, Jie Liu and Hao XueHang Zhu, Wei Zhang, Yajun Shi, Yiming Ma, Yunfeng Han, Jie Liu and Hao Xue
  
  Objective: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the most common target organ damage in hypertension. However, the association of LVH and circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) is unknown. The objective of the present study was to explore the relationship between circadian rhythm of BP and LVH using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Study design: A total of 325 untreated hypertensive patients were recruited. The patients were divided into two groups: hypertensive patients with LVH (n=121) and without LVH (n=204). Twenty-four-hour ABPM was performed in all the patients to collect the following parameters: 24-hour average systolic and diastolic pressure, daytime average systolic and diastolic pressure, nocturnal average systolic and diastolic pressure, and night to day BP ratio. The relationship between LVH and the various ABPM par.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1095.1000151

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