Pub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00939-w
Walter G. Espeche, Martin R. Salazar, Julián Minetto, Gustavo Cerri, Patricia Carrera Ramos, Adelaida Soria, Claudia Santillan, Florencia Grassi, Soledad Torres, Horacio A. Carbajal
To analyze the possible association between serum uric acid (SUA) and nocturnal hypertension and to evaluate the ability of these variables (alone or in combination) to predict preeclampsia (PE) we conducted a historical cohort study in 532 high-risk pregnancies. Women were divided according to SUA values and nocturnal blood pressure (BP) into four groups: 1- normal SUA and nocturnal normotension; 2- high SUA and nocturnal normotension; 3- normal SUA and nocturnal hypertension and 4- high SUA and nocturnal hypertension. High SUA was defined by the top quartile values and nocturnal hypertension as BP ≥ 120/70 mmHg, using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), during nocturnal rest. Risks for PE were compared using logistic regression. SUA had a weak but significant correlation with daytime systolic ABPM (r = 0.11, p = 0.014), daytime diastolic ABPM (r = 0.13, p = 0.004), nighttime systolic ABPM (r = 0.16, p < 0.001) and nighttime diastolic ABPM (r = 0.18, p < 0.001). Also, all ABPM values were higher in women with high SUA. The absolute risk of PE increased through groups: 6.5%, 13.1%, 31.2%, and 47.9% for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, p < 0.001. Compared with Group 1, Group 3 (OR 6.29 95%CI 3.41–11.60), but not Group 2 (OR 2.15 95%CI 0.88–5.24), had statistically significant higher risk for PE. Group 4 (women with both, high SUA and nocturnal hypertension) had the highest risk (OR 13.11 95%CI 6.69–25.70). Risks remained statistically significant after the adjustment for relevant variables. In conclusion, the combination of SUA > 4 mg/dL and nocturnal BP > 120/70 mmHg implies a very high risk to developed PE.
为了分析血清尿酸(SUA)和夜间高血压之间可能存在的关联,并评估这些变量(单独或组合)预测子痫前期(PE)的能力,我们对 532 名高危孕妇进行了历史队列研究。根据 SUA 值和夜间血压(BP)将妇女分为四组:1- SUA 正常和夜间血压正常;2- SUA 偏高和夜间血压正常;3- SUA 正常和夜间高血压;4- SUA 偏高和夜间高血压。高 SUA 的定义是前四分位值,夜间高血压是指夜间休息时使用动态血压监测(ABPM)测得的血压≥ 120/70 mmHg。采用逻辑回归法比较了发生 PE 的风险。SUA与日间收缩压ABPM(r = 0.11,p = 0.014)、日间舒张压ABPM(r = 0.13,p = 0.004)、夜间收缩压ABPM(r = 0.16,p 4 mg/dL)有微弱但显著的相关性,夜间血压> 120/70 mmHg意味着发生PE的风险非常高。
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Pub Date : 2024-07-20DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00935-0
Bernadette Jenner
The Sir Stanley Peart Essay Competition is an annual event run by the British and Irish Hypertension Society to encourage Early Career Researchers to continue the ethos of Sir Stanley Peart. Sir Stanley Peart was a clinician and clinical researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of blood pressure regulation. He was the first to demonstrate the release of noradrenaline in response to sympathetic nerve stimulation. He was also the first to purify, and determine the structure of, angiotensin and he later isolated the enzyme, renin, and carried out many important investigations of the factors controlling its release in the body. This year, the essay topic was “Do we need new classes of antihypertensive drugs?”. In her prize-winning essay, “Deeds not words”: the forgotten class, Dr Jenner proposes that there is a need to address the unmet needs of hypertensive women, to increase their involvement in clinical trials and develop antihypertensives that are fit for purpose. Dr Jenner proposes that women are therefore the perfect class for new antihypertensives.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, especially in people over the age of 50, which affects more than 40 million people worldwide. Many studies have highlighted the association between hypertension with the development of AF. Blood pressure variability (BPV) is a dynamic size obtained by recording blood pressure oscillations using specific readings and at specific time intervals. A multitude of internal and external factors shape BPV while at the same time constituting a common pathogenetic pathway with the development of AF. Until recently, BPV has been applied exclusively in preclinical and clinical studies, without significant implications in clinical practice. Indeed, even from the research side, the determination of BPV is limited to patients without AF due to doubts about the accuracy of its measurement methods in patients with AF. In this review, we present the current evidence on common pathogenic pathways between BPV and AF, the reliability of quantification of BPV in patients with AF, the prognostic role of BPV in these patients, and discuss the future clinical implications of BPV in patients with AF.
{"title":"Exploring the link between blood pressure variability and atrial fibrillation: current insights and future directions","authors":"Konstantinos Konstantinou, Anastasios Apostolos, Dimitrios Tsiachris, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Panteleimon E. Papakonstantinou, Konstantinos Pappelis, Vasileios Panoulas, Konstantinos Tsioufis","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00936-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00936-z","url":null,"abstract":"Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, especially in people over the age of 50, which affects more than 40 million people worldwide. Many studies have highlighted the association between hypertension with the development of AF. Blood pressure variability (BPV) is a dynamic size obtained by recording blood pressure oscillations using specific readings and at specific time intervals. A multitude of internal and external factors shape BPV while at the same time constituting a common pathogenetic pathway with the development of AF. Until recently, BPV has been applied exclusively in preclinical and clinical studies, without significant implications in clinical practice. Indeed, even from the research side, the determination of BPV is limited to patients without AF due to doubts about the accuracy of its measurement methods in patients with AF. In this review, we present the current evidence on common pathogenic pathways between BPV and AF, the reliability of quantification of BPV in patients with AF, the prognostic role of BPV in these patients, and discuss the future clinical implications of BPV in patients with AF.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":"38 8","pages":"583-594"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00936-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00931-4
Sonali S. Shah, Stella May Gwini, Michael Stowasser, Christopher M. Reid, Morag J. Young, Peter J. Fuller, Jun Yang
Low-renin hypertension affects 1 in 4 people with hypertension, but the optimal management of this condition is not known. We hypothesize that a large proportion of people with low-renin hypertension is mediated by excess mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation and that targeted treatment with an MR antagonist (MRA) will be beneficial. This randomized, single-blinded, titration-to-effect aims to investigate whether targeted treatment in low-renin hypertension with MRA is better compared to standard antihypertensives in terms of blood pressure control and end-organ protection. Adults with hypertension, who are treatment naïve or are receiving up to two antihypertensive agents and have a low direct renin concentration <10 mU/L will be included. Participants with severe hypertension, a secondary cause of hypertension, pregnant, breastfeeding, with moderate-severe cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease, or on medications that confound interpretation of the plasma direct renin or aldosterone concentrations will be excluded. Eligible participants will be randomized 1:1 to either MRA therapy (spironolactone) or standard anti-hypertensive therapy (perindopril+/− amlodipine) for 48 weeks. Anti-hypertensives will be up-titrated every 12 weeks until target blood pressure is achieved. The primary objective will be to determine the total defined daily dose of antihypertensives required to achieve the target blood pressure and change in mean clinic systolic blood pressure at week 48. Current hypertension guidelines do not have specific recommendations for the choice of anti-hypertensive medications for people with low-renin hypertension. The results of this trial could guide future hypertension guidelines.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00938-x
Jon Stavres, Anabelle Vallecillo-Bustos, Ta’Quoris A. Newsome, Ryan S. Aultman, Caleb F. Brandner, Austin J. Graybeal
Previous research shows that exercise pressor and metaboreflex responses are significantly exaggerated in individuals with metabolic syndrome, but it is unclear if these exaggerated responses extend to the cold pressor test (CPT). This study tested the hypothesis that, contrary to previously reported exaggerated responses during exercise, CPT responses would not be significantly exaggerated in individuals with MetS compared to matched controls. Eleven individuals with MetS and eleven control participants matched by age, race, sex, and ethnicity completed a cardiometabolic prescreening and a CPT. Each CPT required participants to immerse their hand in ice water for two minutes while beat-by-beat blood pressure, heart rate (HR), and leg blood flow (LBF) were continuously measured. Leg vascular conductance (LVC) was calculated as LBF divided by mean arterial pressure (MAP). The precent changes in MAP, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), HR, LBF, and LVC were compared across time (BL vs. Minutes 1 and 2 of CPT) and between groups (MetS vs. Control) using repeated measures analyses of variance. As expected, MAP (f = 32.11, p < 0.001), SBP (f = 23.18, p < 0.001), DBP (f = 40.39, p < 0.001), and HR (f = 31.81, p < 0.001) increased during the CPT, and LBF (f = 4.75, p = 0.014) and LVC (f = 13.88, p < 0.001) decreased. However, no significant main effects of group or group by time interactions were observed (f ≤ 0.391, p ≥ 0.539). These findings indicate that the hemodynamic responses to the CPT are not significantly exaggerated in MetS, and therefore, previous reports of exaggerated exercise pressor and metaboreflex responses in MetS cannot be attributed to generalized sympathetic overexcitability.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00934-1
Amy E. Boettcher, Hannah E. Penfold, Katharine D. Currie
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Pub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00932-3
Aletta E. Schutte
Wearable health monitoring is a multibillion-dollar industry. But the holy grail is probably getting it right for blood pressure monitoring without a cuff, because raised blood pressure is very common and the leading cause of death in the world. Many have tried and failed, but industry is persisting: numerous cuffless wearable blood pressure devices are on the market, several technologies have been developed, hundreds of patents are registered every year, and some devices already have regulatory approval. However, to convince the die-hard blood pressure critic is a different ball game. To understand the challenges of currently accepted methods and cuffless devices, I performed a 24-h blood pressure monitoring self-test, including measurements when awake, asleep and watching an intense match of the Rugby World Cup final, with the purpose to demonstrate the challenges and opportunities we face. Blood pressure was monitored using five different devices simultaneously: validated left and right arm cuff blood pressure, and three cuffless wearable devices (wrist-band, chest patch and a ring). Whilst none of these devices proved to be perfect in capturing a physiologically challenging measure, namely blood pressure, it emphasised that our current practice of a single blood pressure measurement in clinical practice should be revisited. It further begs the question of when cuffless measurements will be good enough to incorporate in clinical decision-making.
{"title":"Wearable cuffless blood pressure tracking: when will they be good enough?","authors":"Aletta E. Schutte","doi":"10.1038/s41371-024-00932-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41371-024-00932-3","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable health monitoring is a multibillion-dollar industry. But the holy grail is probably getting it right for blood pressure monitoring without a cuff, because raised blood pressure is very common and the leading cause of death in the world. Many have tried and failed, but industry is persisting: numerous cuffless wearable blood pressure devices are on the market, several technologies have been developed, hundreds of patents are registered every year, and some devices already have regulatory approval. However, to convince the die-hard blood pressure critic is a different ball game. To understand the challenges of currently accepted methods and cuffless devices, I performed a 24-h blood pressure monitoring self-test, including measurements when awake, asleep and watching an intense match of the Rugby World Cup final, with the purpose to demonstrate the challenges and opportunities we face. Blood pressure was monitored using five different devices simultaneously: validated left and right arm cuff blood pressure, and three cuffless wearable devices (wrist-band, chest patch and a ring). Whilst none of these devices proved to be perfect in capturing a physiologically challenging measure, namely blood pressure, it emphasised that our current practice of a single blood pressure measurement in clinical practice should be revisited. It further begs the question of when cuffless measurements will be good enough to incorporate in clinical decision-making.","PeriodicalId":16070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Hypertension","volume":"38 9","pages":"669-672"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41371-024-00932-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141600250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00930-5
Christian S. Dal Pont, Audes D. M. Feitosa, Rodrigo Bezerra, Arthur H. B. Martins, Gustavo M. Viana, Siegmar Starke, Guilherme S. A. Azevedo, Marco A. Mota-Gomes, Weimar S. Barroso, Roberto D. Miranda, Eduardo C. D. Barbosa, Andréa A. Brandão, Camila L. D. M. Feitosa, Thales A. T. Gonçalves, Fernando Nobre, Decio Mion Jr, Andrei C. Sposito, Wilson Nadruz
The values used to define white-coat and masked blood pressure (BP) effects are usually arbitrary. This study aimed at investigating the accuracy of various cutoffs based on the differences (ΔBP) between office BP (OBP) and 24h-ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) to identify white-coat (WCH) and masked (MH) hypertension, which are phenotypes coupled with adverse prognosis. This cross-sectional study included 11,350 [Derivation cohort; 45% men, mean age = 55.1 ± 14.1 years, OBP = 132.1 ± 17.6/83.9 ± 12.5 mmHg, 24 h-ABPM = 121.6 ± 11.4/76.1 ± 9.6 mmHg, 25% using antihypertensive medications (AH)] and 7220 (Validation cohort; 46% men, mean age = 58.6 ± 15.1 years, OBP = 136.8 ± 18.7/87.6 ± 13.0 mmHg, 24 h-ABPM = 125.5 ± 12.6/77.7 ± 10.3 mmHg; 32% using AH) unique individuals who underwent 24 h-ABPM. We compared the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and area under the curve (AUC) of diverse ΔBP cutoffs to detect WCH (ΔsystolicBP/ΔdiastolicBP = 28/17, 20/15, 20/10, 16/11, 15/9, 14/9 mmHg and ΔsystolicBP = 13 and 10 mmHg) and MH (ΔsystolicBP/ΔdiastolicBP = −14/−9, −5/−2, −3/−1, −1/−1, 0/0, 2/2 mmHg and ΔsystolicBP = −5 and −3mmHg). The 20/15 mmHg cutoff showed the best AUC (0.804, 95%CI = 0.794-0.814) to detect WCH, while the 2/2 mmHg cutoff showed the highest AUC (0.741, 95%CI = 0.728–0.754) to detect MH in the Derivation cohort. Both cutoffs also had the best accuracy to detect WCH (0.767, 95%CI = 0.754–0.780) and MH (0.767, 95%CI = 0.750–0.784) in the Validation cohort. In secondary analyses, these cutoffs had the best accuracy to detect individuals with higher and lower office-than-ABPM grades in both cohorts. In conclusion, the 20/15 and 2/2 mmHg ΔBP cutoffs had the best accuracy to detect hypertensive patients with WCH and MH, respectively, and can serve as indicators of marked white-coat and masked BP effects derived from 24 h-ABPM.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00933-2
Abilash Sathyanarayanan
The Sir Stanley Peart Essay Competition is an annual event run by the British and Irish Hypertension Society to encourage Early Career Researchers to continue the ethos of Sir Stanley Peart. Sir Stanley Peart was a clinician and clinical researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of blood pressure regulation. He was the first to demonstrate the release of noradrenaline in response to sympathetic nerve stimulation. He was also the first to purify, and determine the structure of, angiotensin and he later isolated the enzyme, renin, and carried out many important investigations of the factors controlling its release in the body. This year, the essay topic was “Do we need new classes of antihypertensive drugs?”. In his prize-winning essay, "First, a seat; then, an upgrade", Dr Sathyanarayanan argues that we do not need new classes of antihypertensive drugs, instead we should focus our attention on addressing the factors that lead to high blood pressure in the first place and use our existing drug classes more effectively.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-04DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00928-z
Mohammad R. Baneshi, Annette Dobson, Gita D. Mishra
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