Circulating microparticles and central blood pressure according to antihypertensive strategy.
Nayara D MassunagaCarolina Nunes FrançaHenrique Tria BiancoCarlos E S FerreiraJuliana Tieko KatoRui Manuel Dos Santos PóvoaAntonio M Figueiredo NetoMaria Cristina de Oliveira IzarFrancisco Antônio Helfenstein FonsecaPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2019)
Despite similar brachial blood pressure values between groups throughout the study, exposure to amlodipine was associated with lower central blood pressure values after combination with valsartan, indicating a beneficial interaction. Differences between circulating microparticles were modest and were mainly influenced by rosuvastatin withdrawal in the amlodipine arm.