Sungha Park, Sang-Hyun Ihm, In-Jeong Cho, Dae-Hee Kim, Jae Hyeong Park, Woo-Baek Chung, Seonghoon Choi, Hae Young Lee, Hyeon Chang Kim, Il Suk Sohn, Eun Mi Lee, Ju Han Kim, Kwang-Il Kim, Eun Joo Cho, Ki-Chul Sung, Jinho Shin, Wook Bum Pyun
Nocturnal blood pressure (BP) has been shown to have a significant predictive value for cardiovascular disease. In some cases, it has a superior predictive value for future cardiovascular outcomes than daytime BP. As efficacy of BP medications wanes during nighttime and early morning, control of nocturnal hypertension and morning hypertension can be difficult. As such, chronotherapy, the dosing of BP medication in the evening, has been an ongoing topic of interest in the field of hypertension. Some studies have shown that chronotherapy is effective in reducing nocturnal BP, improving non dipping and rising patterns to dipping patterns, and improving cardiovascular prognosis...
September 1, 2023: Clinical Hypertension