Publications by authors named "Maia Akopian"
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- Nondipping blood pressure (BP) patterns predict serious health outcomes like end-organ damage and cardiovascular events.
- Serum ionic calcium (iCa) is significantly correlated with systolic BP and pulse pressure in nondippers but not in dippers, revealing a potential link between iCa levels and BP patterns.
- Patients with lower estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) showed a higher likelihood of being nondippers, suggesting a connection between kidney function and BP rhythm, particularly among those in advanced stages of kidney disease.
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- The study investigated the prevalence and effects of hypertension in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) before and after they underwent parathyroid surgery.
- The research included 46 patients over an average follow-up of 3.5 years, revealing that 54.35% had hypertension, but none of the patients with presurgical hypertension became normotensive afterward.
- It also found that certain calcium levels were associated with nighttime blood pressure and highlighted a concerning prevalence of nondipper behavior, indicating ongoing risks for target organ damage despite surgery.
Background And Aim: To examine the relationship between 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and three commonest anthropometric measurements for obesity [body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR)] in patients with essential hypertension never treated or after a 3 week placebo period, living in Buenos Aires.
Methods And Results: Cross-sectional survey among outpatients at the Hypertension Program of Buenos Aires University Hospital de Clinicas. Three-hundred seventy-seven essential hypertensives, aged 18-86 years, of either sex, were consecutively recruited.
A study was carried out within a 700-km river sector, including three types of ecosystems (a reservoir, a river and its estuary) to characterise the major features of zooplankton communities in the Seine Basin. In rivers, zooplankton biomass becomes significant only when the growth rate of the organisms is higher than the dilution rate (4-5th orders rivers, according to River Continuum Concept). Upstream, short residence times favour the development of small species (Rotifers) with low individual body weight and biomass.
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