ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A635 THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE ON CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE
Christina Antza, Nikolaos Kakaletsis, Smaro Palaska, Panagiota Anyfanti, Dimitris Triantis, Vasileios Kotsis · 2026
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Christina Antza and co-authors pool prior studies on blood pressure patterns and small vessel disease in the brain, in a 2026 conference abstract. Damage to the brain's tiny vessels is tied to stroke and memory loss. Blood pressure clearly plays a role, but which measure matters most, day, night, or the nightly dip, has been unclear.
The review gathered twenty-four studies with close to seven thousand patients. Higher pressure over a full day raised the risk of the disease by about two fifths, with day and night values both counting. A missing nightly dip more than doubled the odds, and a reversed dip tripled the odds of tiny brain bleeds. The findings argue for round-the-clock pressure checks in at-risk patients.
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| CREATOR | Christina Antza, Nikolaos Kakaletsis, Smaro Palaska, Panagiota Anyfanti, Dimitris Triantis, Vasileios Kotsis |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |