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## Background: The association between ambulatory blood pressure (bp) and future risk of heart failure (hf) is unclear. we investigated the association between ambulatory bp parameters and risk of hf with reduced ejection fraction (hfref) or preserved ejection fraction (hfpef) in elderly treated hypertensive patients. ## Methods: The occurrence of hfref and hfpef was evaluated in 1,191 elderly treated hypertensive patients who underwent clinical and instrumental evaluation, including ambulatory bp monitoring to evaluate daytime, nighttime, and 24-hour bp, dipping status, and morning surge (ms) of bp. ## Results: During the follow-up (9.1±4.9 years, range 0.4-20 years), 123 patients developed hf, of whom 56 had hfref and 67 had hfpef. after adjustment for other covariates, cox regression analysis showed that 24-hour systolic bp, but not clinic bp, was independently associated with risk of both hfref (hazard ratio (hr): 1.36, 95% confidence interval (ci): 1.14-1.63, per 10mm hg increment) and hfpef (hr: 1.35, 95% ci: 1.13-1.61, per 10mm hg increment); moreover, high ms of bp (>23mm hg) in dippers was independently associated with risk of hfref (hr: 2.27, 95% ci: 1.00-5.15) and nondip

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Author

Sante D. Pierdomenico; Anna M. Pierdomenico; Francesca Coccina; Domenico Lapenna; Ettore Porreca

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)