doi: 10.1161/hy1101.099502
(Hypertension. 2001;38:e28.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Comparative Effects of Ramipril on Ambulatory and Office Blood Pressures
A HOPE Substudy
Department of Medicine Karolinska Hospital (P.S., U.d.F., J.Ö.), Stockholm, Sweden; The John Radcliffe Infirmary (P.S.), Oxford, United Kingdom; and McMaster University (S.Y.), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Correspondence to Per Svensson, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency and Cardiovascular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail persv{at}divmed.ks.se
Abstract
In the HOPE-trial, the ACE inhibitor ramipril significantly reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients at high risk for cardiovascular events. The benefit could only partly be attributed to the modest mean reduction of office blood pressure (OBP) during the study period (3/2 mm Hg). However, because according to the HOPE protocol ramipril was given once daily at bedtime and blood pressure was measured during the day, the 24-hour reduction of blood pressure may be underestimated based on OBP. Thirty-eight patients with peripheral arterial disease enrolled in the HOPE study underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) measurement before randomization and after 1 year. OBP was measured in the sitting position immediately before fitting the ABP measuring equipment to the patients. Ramipril did not significantly reduce OBP (8/2 mm Hg, P=NS) or day ABP (6/2 mm Hg, P=NS) after 1 year. Twenty-four–hour ABP was significantly reduced (10/4 mm Hg, P=0.03), mainly because of a more pronounced blood pressure lowering effect during nighttime (17/8 mm Hg, P<0.001). The night/day ratio was also significantly lowered in the ramipril group. ABP shows greater falls, especially at night, than OBP during treatment with ramipril given once daily at bedtime. Although, OBP is the correct comparator when comparing with previous large intervention trials and epidemiological studies, the effects on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality seen with ramipril in the HOPE study may, to a larger extent than previously ascribed, relate to effects on blood pressure patterns over the 24-hour period.
Key Words: antihypertensive therapy • blood pressure monitoring • ambulatory • clinical trials • peripheral vascular diseases • angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors • ramipril
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