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01-06-2016 | Case Report

Can an Emotional Reaction Mimicking White-coat Hypertension Cause Hypertensive Crisis and Cardiac Failure?

Authors: Francesco Salvo, Francesca Camardella, Cinzia Vallo, Paolo Fogliacco, Andrea Riccardo Errani, Michele Berardi, Monica Albano, Vito Meinero, Carlo Lorenzo Muzzulini, Alberto Morganti

Published in: High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention | Issue 2/2016

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Since the dawn of blood pressure (BP) measurement, physicians observed that in some patients their mere presence could raise BP values [1]; this phenomenon named “white-coat hypertension” (WCH) [2], more prevalent among older women [3], is produced by an hyperactivation of the sympathetic nervous system [4] leading sometimes to a false diagnosis or to an over-treatment of a pseudoresistant arterial hypertension. …

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Title: Can an Emotional Reaction Mimicking White-coat Hypertension Cause Hypertensive Crisis and Cardiac Failure?
Authors: Francesco Salvo
Francesca Camardella
Cinzia Vallo
Paolo Fogliacco
Andrea Riccardo Errani
Michele Berardi
Monica Albano
Vito Meinero
Carlo Lorenzo Muzzulini
Alberto Morganti
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1120-9879
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1985
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40292-015-0129-9

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