2018
Response to Letter to the Editor concerning manuscript, “Blood pressure variability predicts adverse events and cardiovascular outcomes in sprint”
Mezue K, Goyal A, Pressman G, Matthew R, Horrow J, Rangaswami J. Response to Letter to the Editor concerning manuscript, “Blood pressure variability predicts adverse events and cardiovascular outcomes in sprint”. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2018, 20: 1646-1647. PMID: 30328256, PMCID: PMC8030952, DOI: 10.1111/jch.13400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressure variability predicts adverse events and cardiovascular outcomes in SPRINT
Mezue K, Goyal A, Pressman G, Matthew R, Horrow J, Rangaswami J. Blood pressure variability predicts adverse events and cardiovascular outcomes in SPRINT. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2018, 20: 1247-1252. PMID: 29984884, PMCID: PMC8031192, DOI: 10.1111/jch.13346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse eventsDiastolic BPCardiovascular outcomesDiastolic BP-CVSystolic BPAntihypertensive therapyTreatment armsRate of treatment-related adverse eventsPrimary outcomeTreatment-related adverse eventsBlood pressureEffects of antihypertensive therapyCox proportional hazards regressionAcute kidney injuryCompare treatment armsPredictors of outcomeVisit-to-visitStudent's t-testTarget systolic BPProportional hazards regressionBlood pressure variabilityLevels of BPSPRINT dataVisit-to-visit DBP variabilityIndependent predictors
2017
Clinical hypertension: Blood pressure variability
Malik E, Abdulhadi B, Mezue K, Lerma E, Rangaswami J. Clinical hypertension: Blood pressure variability. Disease-a-Month 2017, 64: 5-13. PMID: 28939280, DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2017.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisit‐to‐visit systolic blood pressure variability predicts treatment‐related adverse event of hyponatremia in SPRINT
Goyal A, Mezue K, Rangaswami J. Visit‐to‐visit systolic blood pressure variability predicts treatment‐related adverse event of hyponatremia in SPRINT. Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2017, 35 PMID: 28544636, DOI: 10.1111/1755-5922.12274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variabilitySystolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressure variabilityTarget blood pressureBlood pressureBlood pressure variabilitySPRINT trialAdverse eventsSystolic blood pressure <Occurrence of hyponatremiaCox proportional hazards regressionRisk of hyponatremiaBlood pressure <Coefficient of variation of systolic blood pressureProportional hazards regressionStandard treatment groupCardiovascular risk factorsPressure variabilityOverall cohortTreatment armsTreatment subgroupsHazards regressionInclusion criteriaCoefficient of variationHyponatremiaOutcomes of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Older Hypertensive Patients Should AKI Be Watched?
Naranjo M, Mezue K, Rangaswami J. Outcomes of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Older Hypertensive Patients Should AKI Be Watched? Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2017, 70: 119-120. PMID: 28662802, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.078.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Nocturnal Non-dipping Blood Pressure Profile in Black Normotensives Is Associated with Cardiac Target Organ Damage.
Mezue K, Isiguzo G, Madu C, Nwuruku G, Rangaswami J, Baugh D, Madu E. Nocturnal Non-dipping Blood Pressure Profile in Black Normotensives Is Associated with Cardiac Target Organ Damage. Ethnicity & Disease 2016, 26: 279-84. PMID: 27440966, PMCID: PMC4948793, DOI: 10.18865/ed.26.3.279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac target organ damageTarget organ damageNon-dippersBlood pressure profileNocturnal blood pressureOrgan damageBlood pressureBlack normotensivesNon-dipping of blood pressureMass indexCardiovascular riskLeft atrial volume indexLeft ventricular mass indexCardiovascular end-organ damageIncreased relative wall thicknessAtrial volume indexAmbulatory blood pressure patternsNon-dipper groupVentricular mass indexNocturnal non-dippingNon-dipping profileNon-dipping patternPredictor of cardiovascular riskEnd-organ damageNon-dipping blood pressure profileFactors that influence decision for ischemic work-up in hypertensive emergency
Maludum O, Shah M, Mezue K, Biso S, Rodriguez-Ziccardi M, Alnabelsi T, Nwakile C, Figueredo V. Factors that influence decision for ischemic work-up in hypertensive emergency. International Journal Of Cardiology 2016, 214: 331-332. PMID: 27085121, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.219.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
The increasing burden of hypertension in Nigeria – can a dietary salt reduction strategy change the trend?
Mezue K. The increasing burden of hypertension in Nigeria – can a dietary salt reduction strategy change the trend? Perspectives In Public Health 2013, 134: 346-352. PMID: 24002906, DOI: 10.1177/1757913913499658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of hypertensionIncreasing burden of hypertensionNon-communicable diseasesSalt reductionMiddle-income countriesPrevalence of hypertensionSalt reduction strategiesPopulation-wide basisPopulation-wide levelIncreasing burdenCardiovascular diseaseHypertensionReduction strategiesDeveloping countriesMortality