Hypertension: New perspective on its definition and clinical management by bedtime therapy substantially reduces cardiovascular disease risk

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, JR Fernandez… - European journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis of hypertension—elevated blood pressure (BP) associated with increased
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk—and its management for decades have been based …

Chronotherapy of cardiac and vascular disease: timing medications to circadian rhythms to optimize treatment effects and outcomes

MH Smolensky, RC Hermida, YJ Geng - Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Circadian rhythms impact cardiac and vascular pathophysiology, resulting in 24-hour
patterning of symptoms and life-threatening/ending events (chronopathology), plus kinetics …

[HTML][HTML] Chronodisruption: a poorly recognized feature of CKD

S Carriazo, AM Ramos, AB Sanz, MD Sanchez-Niño… - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multiple physiological variables change over time in a predictable and repetitive manner,
guided by molecular clocks that respond to external and internal clues and are coordinated …

[HTML][HTML] Chronotherapy for morning blood pressure surge in hypertensive patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Xie, J Zhang, C Wang, X Yan - BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2021 - Springer
Background The morning blood pressure surge (MBPS) is related to an exaggerated risk of
cardiovascular diseases and mortality. With increasing attention on circadian change in …

Does timing of antihypertensive medication dosing matter?

RC Hermida, RG Hermida-Ayala… - Current Cardiology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Current hypertension guidelines do not provide
recommendation on when-to-treat. Herein, we review the current evidence on ingestion-time …

Restoration of nocturnal blood pressure dip and reduction of nocturnal blood pressure with evening anti‐hypertensive medication administration in pediatric kidney …

CB Sethna, LG Grossman, P Dhanantwari… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐dipping and nocturnal hypertension are commonly found during ABPM in pediatric
kidney transplant recipients. These entities are independently associated with increased …

Chronotherapy for hypertension: improvement in patient outcomes with bedtime administration of antihypertensive drugs

P Mathur, S Kadavath, JD Marsh… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Hypertension is a silent killer and is the leading preventable risk factor for premature death
and disability worldwide. 1 According to the latest US Center for Disease Control (CDC) …

New perspectives on the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of true arterial hypertension

RC Hermida, MH Smolensky, A Mojon… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Office blood pressure measurements (OBPM), still used today for diagnosis and
management of hypertension, fail to reveal clinically important features of the mostly …

Bedtime hypertension chronotherapy best reduces cardiovascular disease risk as documented by MAPEC and Hygia Chronotherapy outcomes trials

RC Hermida, A Mojon, JR Fernandez - Chronobiology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this communication is to describe the unique features of the investigative
protocols of both MAPEC and Hygia Chronotherapy Trial and to discuss in detail the …

[HTML][HTML] Bedtime administration of antihypertensive medication can reduce morning blood pressure surges in hypertensive patients: a systematic review and meta …

H Jiang, Z Yu, J Liu, W Zhang - Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2021 - apm.amegroups.org
Background: The risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events is the highest during the
first several hours post-awakening in patients with hypertension. This is largely due to …