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High prevalence of “non-dipping” blood pressure and vascular stiffness in HIV-infected South Africans on antiretrovirals

BACKGROUND: HIV-infected individuals are at increased risk of tissue inflammation and accelerated vascular aging (‘inflamm-aging’). Abnormal diurnal blood pressure (BP) rhythms such as non-dipping may contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in HIV infected indivi...

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Autores principales: Borkum, M. S., Heckmann, J. M., Manning, K., Dave, J. A., Levitt, N. S., Rayner, B. L., Wearne, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28931072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185003