Possibilities of Interpreting the Night-to-Day Ratio Specified by 24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring

Seven-day Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and CAVI in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

Specify the risk rate of incorrect patient classification based on night-to-day ratio specification from singular 24-h ABPM in comparison to the results of 7-day ABPM monitoring

The subjects in the study are divided into 4 groups:

group 1 (40 healthy men and women without exercise); group 2 (40 healthy exercise-training men and women); group 3 (40 patients with ischemic coronary artery disease without exercise); and group 4 (51 patients with ischemic coronary artery disease following cardiovascular rehabilitation).

The subject of the evaluation is the percentage rate of incorrect subject classification (dipper, non-dipper, extreme dipper, and risers) based on the mean blood pressure values for 7 days and from seven independent 24-hour cycles (the mean value mode).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy volunteers (without any disease, including the cardiovascular ones, and without any kind of treatment)
• Patients with chronic ischemic coronary artery disease
• Patients treated with ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers or statins.
• To visit routinely in the health centres where the study is carried out

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age under 18 years,
• Pregnant, or breast-feeding,
• Patients on dialysis or being followed by nephrology,
• Severe physical or cognitive limitations,
• Intolerance to the method of measurement