2021
Midlife Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events During Extended Follow-up
de Havenon A, Delic A, Yaghi S, Wong KH, Majersik JJ, Stulberg E, Tirschwell D, Anadani M. Midlife Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events During Extended Follow-up. American Journal Of Hypertension 2021, 34: 1269-1275. PMID: 34240111, PMCID: PMC8643578, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityLong-term blood pressure variabilityCardiovascular eventsHazard ratioPressure variabilityCardiovascular disease-free participantsMean systolic blood pressureVisit blood pressure variabilityCox proportional hazards modelCardiovascular risk factorsCorresponding hazard ratiosCongestive heart failureDisease-free patientsSystolic blood pressureDisease-free participantsProportional hazards modelPrior strokeCause mortalitySecondary outcomesBlood pressureHeart failureIndependent predictorsPrimary outcomeVisit 4Mean age
2019
Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Prior Stroke
de Havenon A, Fino NF, Johnson B, Wong KH, Majersik JJ, Tirschwell D, Rost N. Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Prior Stroke. Stroke 2019, 50: 3170-3176. PMID: 31537194, PMCID: PMC6817411, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.026293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityMajor cardiovascular eventsDiastolic blood pressure variabilityRecurrent ischemic strokeRecurrent strokeModifiable risk factorsCause deathCardiovascular eventsIschemic strokePrior strokeRisk factorsPressure variabilitySystolic blood pressure variabilitySecondary stroke preventionSystolic blood pressureAntihypertensive medicationsPRoFESS trialCardiovascular outcomesStroke preventionHazard ratioBlood pressureHigh morbidityLarge trialsCardiovascular diseasePrimary stroke