ABPM – Elderly

ABPM and ISH and the elderly and SYSt-EUR Study

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Cox JP, Atkins N, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Does isolated systolic hypertension occur with ambulatory blood pressure measurement. J Hypertens 1991.9.(suppl 6):S100-S101

Cox J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Ambulatory blood pressure measurement in the elderly. J Hypertens 1991;9(suppl 3):S73-77

Cox J, Amery A, Clement D, Fagard R, Leonetti G, O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Mancia G, Parati G, Petrie J, Ritz E, Staessen J, Terozoli L, Webster J. Twenty-four hour blood pressure monitoring in the Syst-Eur Trial. Ageing Clin. Exp. Res 1992;4:85-91.

Thijs L, Cox J, Amery A, Clement D, Cox J, de Cort P, Fowler G, Cuo C, Fagard R, Mancia G, Marm R, Palatini P, O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Mancia G, Parati G, Petrie J, Ravogh A, Rosenfeld J, Staessen J, Webster J. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension. J Hypertens 1992;10:693-699.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Technical aspects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring devices in the elderly. Cardiology in the Elderly 1993;1:464-469

O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Blood pressure measurement in the elderly with special reference to ambulatory blood pressure measurement. In: Hypertension in the Elderly. Ed. G. Leonetti and Cuspedi C. Kluwer. Holland. 1994. pp.13-25.

Staessen J, Thijs L, Clement D, Davidson D, Fagard R, Lehtomen A, Mancia G, Palatini P, O’Brien E, Parati G, Webster J, Amery A. Ambulatory pressure decreases on long-term placebo treatment in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension. J Hypertens 1994;12: 1035-1039

Thijs L, Dabrowski E, Clement D, Fagard R, Lalis T, Mancia G, O’Brien E, Omboni S, Parati G, Staessen J, Tuomilehto J,, Webster J, on behalf of Syst-Eur investigators. Diurnal blood pressure profile in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension. J Human Hypertens 1995;9:917-924.

Thijis L, Celis H, Clement D, Sil-Extamara B, Kaiwecka-Jaszcz K, Mancia G, Parati GF, Salvetti A, Serti C, van den Meiraclear A, O’Brien E, Staessen J, Fagard R. Conventional and ambulatory blood pressure measurement in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension: second progress report on the ABPM project in the Syst-Eur trial. Blood Pressure Monitoring. 1996;1:95-103

O’Brien E. Ageing and blood pressure rhythm. In: “Time-Dependent Structure and Control of Arterial Blood Pressure. Eds. F. Portaluppi, M.H. Smolensky. Annals New York Academy of Sciences 1996;783:186-203

Grodzicki T, Rajzer M, Fagard R, O’Brien ET, Thijs L, Clement D, Davidsonf C, Palatini P, Parati G, Kocemba J, Staessen JA on behalf of the Systolic Hypertension In Europe (SYST-EUR) Trial Investigators. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and post-prandial hypotension in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension. J Human Hypertens 1998;12:161-165

Emelianov D, Thijs L, Staessen J, Celis H, Clement D, Davidson C, Gasowoki J, Extremera BG, Fogari R, Jaaskivi M, Lehtonen A, Nedogarda S, O’Brien E, Palatini P, Parati G, Salvetti A, Vanhanen H, Webster J, Fagard R on behalf of the Syst-Eur Investigators. Conventional and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure in old patients with isolated systolic hypertension: baseline observations in the Syst-Eur trial. Blood Pressure Monit 1998;3:173-180

Staessen J, Thijs L, Fagard R, O’Brien E, Clement D, deLeeuw P, Mancia G, Nachev C, Palatini P, Parati P, Tuomilehto J, Webster J for the Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial Investigators. Predicting Cardiovascular Risk Using Conventional vs Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Older Patients with Systolic Hypertension. JAMA 1999;282:539-546

Fagard RH, Staessen JA, Thijs L, Gasowski J, Bulpitt CJ, Clement D, de Leeuw PW, Dobovisek J, Jaaskivi M, Leonetti G, O’Brien E, Palatini P, Parati G, Rodicio J, Vanhanen H, Webster J. Response to Antihypertensive Therapy in Older Patients With Sustained and Nonsustained Systolic Hypertension. Circulation 2000;102:1139-1144.

Thijs L, O’Brien ET, Staessen JA for the Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial Investigators. Ambulatory and conventional pulse pressures and mean pressures as determinants of the Sokolow-Lyon ECG voltage index in older patients with systolic hypertension. Blood Press Monit 2001;6:197-202

Staessen JA, Thijs L, O’Brien E, Bulpitt C, de Leeuw P, Fagard R, Nachev C, Palatini P, Parati G, Tuomilehto J, Webster J, Safar M. for the Syst-Eur Trial Investigators. Ambulatory Pulse Pressure as Predictor of Outcome in Older Patients With Systolic Hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2002;15:835-843

Palatini P, Thijs L, Staessen JA, Fagard R, Bulpitt CJ, Clement D, de Leeuw PW, Jääskivi M, Leonetti G, Nachev C, O’Brien ET, Parati G, Rodicio JL, Roman E, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J. Predictive value of clinic and ambulatory heart rate for mortality in elderly subjects with systolic hypertension. Arch Intern Med 2002;162:2313-21

Fagard R, Staessen JA, Thijs L, Bulpitt CJ, Clement D, deLeeuw P, Jaaskivi M, Mancia G, O’Brien E, Palatini P, Tuomilehto J, Webster J for the Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial Investigators. Relationship between ambulatory blood pressure and follow-up clinic blood pressure in elderly patients with systolic hypertension.J Hypertens 2004;22:81-87

Wizner B, Dechering DG, Thijs L, Atkins N, Fagard R, O’Brien E, de Leeuw PW, Parati G, Palatini P, Clement D, Grodzicki T, Kario T, Staessen JA. Short-term and long-term repeatability of the morning blood pressure in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension. J Hypertens 2008;26:1328-1335