Endothelial dysfunction and diurnal variation of blood pressure: night secrets of arterial hypertension?

Endothelial dysfunction and diurnal variation of blood pressure: night secrets of arterial hypertension?

Por: A Shantsila y E Shantsila.  Journal of Human Hypertension (2011) 25, 653–655.

Despite substantial improvement in the management of hypertension and large choice of medications available for a clinician, the optimal control of blood pressure (BP) is difficult to achieve in a significant proportion of patients. The failure to adequately control BP remains one of the most frequent problems in cardiovascular prevention.