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Circadian Blood Pressure Variation in Normotensive Patients With Panic Disorder Hayri Alici, Suleyman Ercan, Feridun Bulbul, Demet Alici, Gokay Alpak and Vedat Davutoglu ANGIOLOGY published online 25 November 2013 DOI: 10.1177/0003319713512172 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ang.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/11/25/0003319713512172

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Circadian Blood Pressure Variation in Normotensive Patients With Panic Disorder

Angiology 201X, Vol XX(X) 1-3 ª The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0003319713512172 ang.sagepub.com

Hayri Alici, MD1, Suleyman Ercan, MD2, Feridun Bulbul, MD3, Demet Alici, MD3, Gokay Alpak, MD3, and Vedat Davutoglu, MD2

Abstract Nondipper pattern of blood pressure (BP) is associated with cardiovascular risk. In this study, we compared dipper versus nondipper patterns between normotensive patients with panic disorder (PD) and a control group. A total of 25 normotensive patients with PD and 25 controls were enrolled. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory BP monitoring was performed in all patients. At least 10% of sleep-related nocturnal decrease in systolic and diastolic BP was accepted as dipper status, while decreases