Chronotherapy with conventional blood pressure medications improves management of hypertension and reduces cardiovascular and stroke risks

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, MH Smolensky… - Hypertension …, 2016 - nature.com
Correlation between blood pressure (BP) and target organ damage, vascular risk and long-
term patient prognosis is greater for measurements derived from around-the-clock …

Administration-time differences in effects of hypertension medications on ambulatory blood pressure regulation

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, JR Fernandez… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Specific features of the 24-h blood pressure (BP) pattern are linked to progressive injury of
target tissues and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Several studies have …

2013 Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recommendations for the diagnosis of adult hypertension, assessment of cardiovascular and other hypertension …

RC Hermida, MH Smolensky, DE Ayala… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Correlation between systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure (BP) level and target
organ damage, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and long-term prognosis is much greater …

Blunted sleep-time relative blood pressure decline increases cardiovascular risk independent of blood pressure level—the “normotensive non-dipper” paradox

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, A Mojón… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous studies have consistently shown an association between blunted sleep-time
relative blood pressure (BP) decline (non-dipping) and increased cardiovascular disease …

Sleep-time blood pressure: prognostic value and relevance as a therapeutic target for cardiovascular risk reduction

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, JR Fernandez… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Correlation between blood pressure (BP) level and target organ damage, cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk, and long-term prognosis is greater for ambulatory BP monitoring …

pyActigraphy: Open-source python package for actigraphy data visualization and analysis

G Hammad, M Reyt, N Beliy, M Baillet… - PLoS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Over the past 40 years, actigraphy has been used to study rest-activity patterns in circadian
rhythm and sleep research. Furthermore, considering its simplicity of use, there is a growing …

Sleep-time blood pressure: unique sensitive prognostic marker of vascular risk and therapeutic target for prevention

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, MH Smolensky… - Sleep medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
Correlation between blood pressure (BP) and target organ damage, vascular risk, and long-
term patient prognosis is stronger for measurements derived from around-the-clock …

Cardiovascular risk of resistant hypertension: dependence on treatment-time regimen of blood pressure–lowering medications

DE Ayala, RC Hermida, A Mojon… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In resistant hypertension, ingesting one or more blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications
at bedtime is associated with significant reduction of sleep-time BP, a sensitive prognostic …

Challenges and emerging technologies within the field of pediatric actigraphy

B Galland, K Meredith-Jones, P Terrill… - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Actigraphy as an objective measure of sleep and wakefulness in infants and children has
gained popularity over the last 20 years. However, the field lacks published guidelines for …

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: importance of sampling rate and duration—48 versus 24 hours—on the accurate assessment of cardiovascular risk

RC Hermida, DE Ayala, MJ Fontao… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Independent prospective studies have found that ambulatory blood pressure (BP)
monitoring (ABPM) is more closely correlated with target organ damage and cardiovascular …