Do diurnal changes in blood pressure affect myocardial work indices?

In this issue of the Journal, Li and coworkers1 report the findings of a study aimed at assessing the influence of brachial blood pressure (BP) changes over the course of a single day on myocardial work (MW) indices in normotensive and hypertensive individuals. Before commenting the results and clinical implications of the study, as well as its strengths and limitations, some more general considerations on current evidence on this research area...