The Association between Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Essential Hypertension / 中华高血压杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the association between morning blood pressure surge(MBPS) and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with essential hypertension.Methods According to the results of 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring,137 patients were classified as the morning BP surge group(MBPS group,n=75),and non-surge group(NMBPS group,n=62).Patients underwent carotid ultrasound and the intima-medial thickness(CCA-IMT) and plaques were examined.Results ① The CCA-IMT of the MBPS group was significantly thicker than that the NMBPS group [CCA-IMT,MBPS group(1.34?0.13) mm vs NMBPS group(0.98?0.43) mm,P