Relationship Between Decrease in Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability Due to the Effects of Taking Olmesartan Medoxomil

Background and methods: A higher degree of clinical efficacy with olmesartan compared with other angiotensin receptor blockers, has been reported by several sources. In this study of 31 examples of cases of essential hypertension, Holter electrocardiogram, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements were performed before and after substituting olmesartan 20 mg for candesartan 8 mg antihypertensive drug therapy.