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    Increased Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patient with Early Stage Hypertension
    (2014) Caliskan, Mustafa; Caliskan, Zuhal; Gullu, Hakan; Keles, Nursen; Bulur, Serkan; Turan, Yasar; Kostek, Osman; Ciftci, Ozgur; Guven, Aytekin; Aung, Soe Moe; Muderrisoglu, Haldun; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-9755; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-6070; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-6313; 25224866; IXD-5147-2023; A-7318-2017; AAJ-8546-2021; AAG-8233-2020
    Morning blood pressure surge (MBPS) is defined as an excessive increase in blood pressure (BP) in the morning from the lowest systolic BP during sleep, and it has been reported as a risk factor for cardiovascular events in current clinical studies. In this study, we evaluated the association between the rate of BP variation derived from ambulatory BP monitoring data analysis and coronary microvascular function in patients with early stage hypertension. One hundred seventy patients with prehypertension and Stage 1 hypertension who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in the study. We divided our study population into two subgroups according to the median value of coronary flow reserve (CFR). Patients with CFR values <2.5 were defined as the impaired CFR group, and patients with CFR values >= 2.5 were defined as the preserved CFR group, and we compared the MBPS measurements of these two subgroups. CFR was measured using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTDE). Ambulatory 24-hour systolic and diastolic BP, uric acid, systolic MBPS amplitude, diastolic MBPS amplitude, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and mitral flow E/A ratio were statistically significant. These predictors were included in age- and gender-adjusted multivariate analysis; ambulatory 24-hour systolic BP (beta = 0.077, P <.001; odds ratio [OR] = 1.080; 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.037-1.1241) and systolic MBPS amplitude (beta = 0.043, P =.022; OR = 1.044; 95% CI [1.006-1.0841) were determined to be independent predictors of impaired CFR (Hosmer-Lemeshow test, P=.165, Nagelkerke's R-2 = 0.320). We found that increased changes in MBPS values in patients with prehypertension and Stage 1 hypertension seemed to cause microvascular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. (C) 2014 American Society of Hypertension. All rights reserved.
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    Is Activation in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Associated with Further Impairment of Coronary Microcirculation?
    (2016) Caliskan, Zuhal; Keles, Nursen; Gokturk, Huseyin Savas; Ozdil, Kamil; Aksu, Feyza; Ozturk, Oguzhan; Kahraman, Resul; Kostek, Osman; Tekin, Ahmet S.; Ozgur, Gulsum Teke; 27541650
    Background: Inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] includes a number of chronic relapsing diseases. In IBD intestinal microvascular endothelial cells are damaged by an abnormal immune response. Several studies have shown that IBD may cause increment in risk of developing atherosclerosis. IBD in activation was related to enhanced risks of worse cardiovascular [CV] outcome, on the other hand no risk increment was seen in remission comparing to control group in those studies. Coronary FlowReserve [CFR] reflects coronary microvascular circulation. Coronary microvascular dysfunction may be defined as a predictor of CV outcome combined with previous described atherosclerotic risk factors. The present study was purposed to further evaluate whether or not CFR in the left anterior descending artery [LAD] is disturbed in IBD patients with activation in comparison to remission and healthy subjects. Methods: 62 patients with IBD and 39 healthy volunteers were enrolled into the study. Patients' demographics were recorded. CFR evaluation of patients with IBD in both activation and remission period and control group were performed with transthoracic echocardiography. Results: CFR was significantly lowest in the active period of the IBD [2.26 [2.08-2.55] vs. 2.55 [2.18-3.00] and 3.10 [2.85-3.29] p < 0.001]. CFR is negatively correlated with disease activity scores of IBD. Conclusion: This study showed that CFR is more prominently disturbed in patients with IBD in activation. The activation of disease may have a major role in the progression of coronary microcirculatory dysfunction and future cardiovascular events. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.