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        <journal-title>British Journal of Medical and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">BJMHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2394-2967</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BJMHR0412007</article-id>
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        <article-title>The next big thing: A case report on Blood Pressure Variation encountered in my clinic</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Christopher</surname>
            <given-names>Johann .</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">Consultant cardiologist, Director of Cardiac Imaging , CARE hospitals</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2017-12-01">
        <month>12</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2017</year>
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      <volume>4</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
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        <p>The role of high Blood Pressure levels on target organ damage and the protective effects of antihypertensive therapy have been extensively established in clinical practice [1]. Mortality from ischemic heart disease and stroke doubles every increment in 20 and 10 mmHg of systolic and diastolic blood pressure [1]. Nowadays, besides usual blood pressure other parameters contribute to TOD in hypertensive patients [2]. Blood pressure is a constant variable and it shows marked spontaneous oscillations over short-term (minutes to days) and long-term (month) periods [3]. Early reports from animal models of cardiovascular variability have clearly demonstrated the relationship between excessive fluctuation in blood pressure values and the development of target organ damage [4]. The initial hypothesis was further corroborated by clinical studies in hypertensive subjects showing that the assessment and quantification of Blood Pressure Variability (BPV) is of physio-pathological and prognostic importance [5]. In recent years, many preclinical and clinical studies have clearly identified the contribution of BPV to the cardiovascular complications associated with hypertension [6]. Moreover, preliminary data from retrospective analysis of clinical trials suggest that attenuation of BPV by antihypertensive agents contribute in the prevention of major cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients [7]. Considering the recent advances in the knowledge of the pathological role and clinical significance of BPV in cardiovascular diseases, the present case illustrates the Blood Pressure Variation in a routine OPD setting.</p>
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        <kwd>Blood Pressure</kwd>
        <kwd>Animal models</kwd>
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