The Dangers of Elevated Nighttime Blood Pressure: Risks to Target Organs and Cardiovascular Health

“Elevated blood pressure (BP) at night usually does not cause a person any concerns: there is no pain, no disturbance of well-being,” said cardiologist Maxim Andreev. — But at the same time, this condition is accompanied by damage to target organs. (heart, kidney and blood vessels), markedly increases the risk of cardiovascular complications such as heart attacks and strokes, as well as the development of heart failure. For the same reasons, a situation is dangerous in which a person receives insufficient therapy and the pressure at night does not decrease sufficiently.”