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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2018

A patient-specific approach to assessing blood pressure management in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease.

Jeffrey Yim, Simon W Rabkin

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey YimDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Simon W RabkinDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8923-1152
University of British Columbia · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective was to improve the management of patients with hypertension (HTN) and coronary artery disease (CAD), utilizing a model which integrates 3 determinants of coronary blood flow (CBF)-CAD severity, diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and left ventricular (LV) mass. We validated non-parametric equations for CBF estimation in a consecutive patient sample (N = 81) with HTN and CAD. There was a highly significant correlation (r = .565; P < .01) between clinical DBP and estimated CBF. Greater LV mass and more severe CAD shifted the relationship towards less CBF at the same DBP. LV mass was more critical when DBP >70 mm Hg. Estimated changes in CBF at different DBP considering the severity of CAD and LV mass can be calculated. In summary, the severity of CAD from coronary CT or coronary angiography combined with LV mass from echocardiography permits clinicians to guide the extent of, or target for, DBP to avoid seriously compromising CBF.

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Coronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsHeart VentriclesHypertensionHypertrophy, Left VentricularVentricular Dysfunction, LeftAgedBlood PressureCanadaCoronary AngiographyCorrelation of DataEchocardiographyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedcoronary artery diseasecoronary blood flowdiastolic blood pressureleft ventricular mass

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PMID29370480
PMCPMC8030961
OpenAlexW2789964797

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