[Effects of adaptation to intermittent normobaric hypoxia on the results of 24-hour monitoring of arterial pressure in hypertensive patients].
30 hypertensive patients of the study group received combined therapy including adaptation to intermittent normobaric hypoxia and medicines. 32 control hypertensive patients were treated with drugs alone. 24-h monitoring of blood pressure (BP) in all the patients has shown that the study group achieved a more pronounced lowering of AP, especially of maximal AP nocturnal and diurnal rises. The combined therapy normalized 24-h AP profile, it increased the number of patients with an adequate fall of nocturnal AP while the number and duration of high AP episodes decreased. Positive changes in a 24-h AP profile were significantly more evident in patients of the study group than in patients treated only with hypotensive drugs.