Non-dipping Status in Arterial Hypertension: An Overview

Title:Non-dipping Status in Arterial Hypertension: An Overview

Volume: 12 Issue: 3

Author(s): Maria Sarigianni, Konstantinos Dimitrakopoulos and Apostolos Tsapas

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Keywords: Arterial hypertension, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, blood pressure, cardiovascular risk factor, chronotherapy, night time blood pressure, non-dipping.

Abstract: Non-dipping is a common pattern of arterial hypertension and it is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, as suggested in recent guidelines, could further increase its prevalence among subjects with hypertension. In this review we discuss assessment, relevance and associated factors. Non-dipping could be addressed through chronotherapy, the use of specific classes of anti-hypertensives, such as renin-angiotensin blockers, or modification of associated factors. However, more data are needed in order to comprehensively estimate factors associated with non-dipping and how they could be modified.

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Sarigianni Maria, Dimitrakopoulos Konstantinos and Tsapas Apostolos, Non-dipping Status in Arterial Hypertension: An Overview, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2014; 12 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016111203140518173019