Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and classes of antihypertensive agents; associations with artery remodeling and the risk of stroke

Title:Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and classes of antihypertensive agents; associations with artery remodeling and the risk of stroke

Volume: 22 Issue: 3

Author(s): Michiaki Nagai, Keigo Dote, Masaya Kato, Shota Sasaki, Noboru Oda, Eisuke Kagawa, Yoshinori Nakano, Aya Yamane, Yumiko Kubo, Tasuku Higashihara, Shunsuke Miyauchi and Wakako Harada

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Keywords: Artery remodeling and stroke, classes of antihypertensive agents, hypertension, visit-to-visit blood pressure variability.

Abstract: Recent studies have shown that visit-to-visit blood pressure (BP) variability was emerging as an independent risk factor for stroke. Although the mechanism is not fully understood, artery remodeling would be closely associated with the relationship between visit-to-visit BP variability and stroke. In addition, the class of antihypertensive agents is suggested to be an important determinant of visit-to-visit BP variability. This review article summarizes the recent literature on these topics. In the elderly hypertensives, strict BP control using calcium channel blockade would play a crucial role to prevent stroke via reducing the visit-to-visit BP variability.

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Nagai Michiaki, Dote Keigo, Kato Masaya, Sasaki Shota, Oda Noboru, Kagawa Eisuke, Nakano Yoshinori, Yamane Aya, Kubo Yumiko, Higashihara Tasuku, Miyauchi Shunsuke and Harada Wakako, Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and classes of antihypertensive agents; associations with artery remodeling and the risk of stroke, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2016; 22 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666151112152549