N Verheyen, J Wetzel, J Martensen, E Belyavskiy, A Schmidt, C Colantonio, C Catena, M Gaksch, M R Grübler, E Kraigher-Krainer, B Pieske, A Meinitzer, J Rus-Machan, A Fahrleitner-Pammer, S Pilz, A Tomaschitz
OBJECTIVE: High parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a cardiovascular risk factor. Elevated plasma PTH levels are independently linked with high nighttime blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients. We therefore investigated the association between PTH and nighttime BP in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). DESIGN AND METHOD: We analyzed patients with pHPT who participated in the "Eplerenone in Primary Hyperparathyroidism" (EPATH) Trial. Blood sampling was performed after an overnight fast and all laboratory parameters were determined immediately after blood sampling...
June 2015: Journal of Hypertension