Hypertension and chronotherapy: shifting the treatment paradigm
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Hypertension and chronotherapy: shifting the treatment paradigm.
The treatment of diseases has been based on the concept of homeostasis and has not incorporated an understanding of biologic rhythms and their underlying mechanisms. Biologic rhythms are implicated in cardiovascular events. Failure to recognize the circadian decline in blood pressure may result in iatrogenic chronopathological events, including anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and cerebrovasc...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(01)02173-2