The dipping status in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension before and after the treatment with cardio selective beta-blockers.

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Authors

ŘIHÁČEK Ivan SOUČEK Miroslav FRÁŇA Petr PLACHÝ Martin

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Hypertension
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
Keywords dippers; non dippers; betaxolol hydrochlorid; metoprolol tartras
Description After the treatment with both drugs statistically significant decrease mean percentage nocturnal drop in systolic and diastolic BP (except of diastolic BP in 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. period in metoprolole group), independently of nighttime periods of measurement. The nocturnal fall of systolic BP in metoprolole group was after the treatment in nighttime periods (10:00 and 11:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M) less than 10%. After the treatment with both drugs statistically significant change the number of systolic dippers to nondippers.
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