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
MU Faculty or unit	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.
Related projects:	Early diagnostics and treatment of cardiovascular diseases