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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
This study was designed to clarify the relationship between the antihypertensive effects of the calcium antagonist nilvadipine, and circadian changes in blood pressure. Based on measurements using an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system (ABPM), 17 outpatients with untreated essential hypertension were divided into two groups: a sustained hypertensive group (with a fall in blood pressure during sleep < 10%, n = 7) and a waking time hypertensive group (with a fall in blood pressure during sleep > or = 10%, n = 10). During treatment with nilvadipine (8 mg/day, > or = 2 weeks), patients were reexamined by ABPM. The antihypertensive effect of nilvadipine was significantly and negatively correlated with the night time fall in blood pressure: this effect was significantly greater in the sustained hypertensive group than in the waking time hypertensive group. These data suggest that the long acting calcium antagonist nilvadipine has more potent antihypertensive effects in patients with sustained hypertension ("nondippers") than in those whose hypertension lessens during sleep ("dippers").
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0895-7061
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced efficacy of nilvadipine in hypertensives whose raised ambulatory blood pressure is sustained during sleep.
pubmed:affiliation
Saiseikai Wakayama Hospital, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article