The dipping status in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension before and after the treatment with cardio selective beta-blockers.
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Hypertension |
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| 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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