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Cardiology
Prevalence and characteristics of isolated nocturnal hypertension in the general population
Moo-Yong Rhee, Je Sang Kim, Chee Hae Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Jung-Ha Lee, Sun-Woong Kim, Deuk-Young Nah, Namyi Gu, Eun-Joo Cho, Ki-Chul Sung, Kyung-Soon Hong
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(5):1126-1133. Published online April 5, 2021
Background/Aims: Ascertaining the prevalence of isolated nocturnal hypertension (INHT) in the general population and identifying the characteristics of patients with INHT may be important to determine patients who should receive 24- hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurements. This study aimed ..
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Clinical features and predictors of masked uncontrolled hypertension from the Korean Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry
Hyun-Jin Kim, Jeong-Hun Shin, Yonggu Lee, Ju Han Kim, Sun Ho Hwang, Woo Shik Kim, Sungha Park, Sang Jae Rhee, Eun Mi Lee, Sang Hyun Ihm, Wook Bum Pyun, Jinho Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(5):1102-1114. Published online June 18, 2021
Background/Aims: The clinical characteristics of patients with masked uncontrolled hypertension (MUCH) have been poorly defined, and few studies have investigated the clinical predictors of MUCH. We investigated the demographic, clinical, and blood pressure (BP) characteristics of patients with MUCH..
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Optimal blood pressure target and measurement in patients with chronic kidney disease
Chang Seong Kim, Hong Sang Choi, Eun Hui Bae, Soo Wan Kim, Seong Kwon Ma
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(6):1181-1187. Published online June 17, 2019
The prevalence rates of hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasing with the aging of the population. Hypertension and CKD are closely related, and hypertension with accompanying CKD is difficult to control. This difficulty controlling blood pressure (BP) can be explained by changes..
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Cardiology
24-Hour blood pressure response to lower dose (30 mg) fimasartan in Korean patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension
Hae-Young Lee, Cheol-Ho Kim, Jae-Kwan Song, Shung Chull Chae, Myung Ho Jeong, Dong-Soo Kim, Byung-Hee Oh
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(6):1025-1036. Published online October 17, 2017
Background/Aims: Fimasartan is an angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) which has comparable efficacy and tolerability with other ARBs. The aim of this study was to evaluate 24-hour blood pressure (BP) lowering efficacy and the tolerability of the low dose fimasartan compared with valsartan in p..
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Discordance between ambulatory versus clinic blood pressure according to global cardiovascular risk group
Jinho Shin, Sung Ha Park, Ju Han Kim, Sang Hyun Ihm, Kwang-il Kim, Woo Shik Kim, Wook Bum Pyun, Yu-Mi Kim, Sung-il Choi, Soon Kil Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(5):610-619. Published online August 27, 2015
Background/Aims: The detection of white coat hypertension (WCH), treated normalized hypertension, and masked hypertension (MH) is important to improve the effectiveness of hypertension management. However, whether global cardiovascular risk (GCR) profile has any effect on the discordance between amb..
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