A novel measure of the power of the morning blood pressure surge from ambulatory blood pressure recordings

Background: We defined a new measure of the morning blood pressure (BP) surge (MBPS) that is derived by the product of the rate of morning rise (RoR) and the amplitude (day-night difference) giving an effective Power of the BP rise (BP Power). We applied this method to determine whether morning BP P...

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Main Authors: Head, G., Chatzivlastou, K., Lukoshkova, E., Jennings, G., Reid, Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25155