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Effect of fasting on fluctuation of 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure in treated primary hypertensives /

Ahmed Gamal Boussiry Akoush

Effect of fasting on fluctuation of 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure in treated primary hypertensives / اثر الصيام على مرضى الضغط الاولى بعد علاجه متابعا بواسطة جهاز الضغط الديناميكى لمدة ساعة 24 Ahmed Gamal Boussiry Akoush ; Supervised Yasser Mohammed Baghdady , Yasser Yazeed Abdelmoneem - Cairo : Ahmed Gamal Boussiry Akoush , 2013 - 103 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology

Background: The daytime fasting fasting during the lunar month of Ramadan is observed annually by milions of adult Muslims all over the world. Objective: So we aimed in our study to assess the effect of fasting on fluctuation of blood pressure in primary hypertensive patients. Methodology: We selected thirty well-controlled hypertensive subjects (9 women and 21 men) aged 33 to 69 years on regular once twice-daily anti-hypertensive medication who had contrlled blood pressure<140/90mmHg



Ambulatory blood pressure Fasting Hypertension