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Editorial
. 2010 Apr;55(4):835-7.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.148908. Epub 2010 Mar 8.

The risk of waking-up: impact of the morning surge in blood pressure

William B White
Editorial

The risk of waking-up: impact of the morning surge in blood pressure

William B White. Hypertension. 2010 Apr.
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Sequence of Events Leading to Early Morning Cardiovascular Events
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Comment on

  • Prognostic value of the morning blood pressure surge in 5645 subjects from 8 populations.
    Li Y, Thijs L, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Boggia J, Richart T, Metoki H, Ohkubo T, Torp-Pedersen C, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Tikhonoff V, Malyutina S, Casiglia E, Nikitin Y, Sandoya E, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Wang J, Staessen JA; International Database on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes Investigators. Li Y, et al. Hypertension. 2010 Apr;55(4):1040-8. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.137273. Epub 2010 Mar 8. Hypertension. 2010. PMID: 20212273

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