What does TOD stand for?

As a result it would cause more target organ damage.

The new study's findings are important because "nocturnal nondipping" associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been linked to target organ damage and to a poor cardiovascular prognosis (Can.

The extraordinary antioxidant activity and antilipidemic effects of melatonin may enhance the modulation of blood pressure by melatonin and probably play the most important role in the amelioration of target organ damage by chronic melatonin treatment.

Persons with normal ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), despite office BP elevations, do not require treatment, unless there is evidence of target organ damage.

Whether target organ damage results from WCH is a matter of debate, but the predominance of information suggests little measurable consequences in such important realms as left ventricular hypertrophy.

Continued efforts are necessary to clarify the definition of hypertension, identify prognostic indicators for target organ damage, and heighten community awareness of the risks of increased blood pressure across the spectrum of severity.

Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2007: 7 Suppl 1; 153-8) Key words: hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, relative voltage deficit, specific potential of myocardium, target organ damage Introduction Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) detected either by electrocardiography (ECG) or echocardiography (EchoCG) in patients with high blood pressure (BP) is defined as an indicator of cardiac target organ damage (C-TOD) (1, 2).

4) In addition, a trend for the [epsilon]4 allele to be associated with a higher prevalence of target organ damage in patients with mild to moderate hypertension has been proposed.