Evaluation of antihypertensive therapy: discrepancies between office and ambulatory recorded blood pressure

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serval:BIB_E38DCDD4F77A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Evaluation of antihypertensive therapy: discrepancies between office and ambulatory recorded blood pressure
Journal
Journal of Hypertension. Supplement
Author(s)
Waeber  B., Rutschmann  B., Nussberger  J., Brunner  H. R.
ISSN
0952-1178 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/1991
Volume
9
Number
3
Pages
S53-6
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review --- Old month value: Dec
Abstract
Non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has proved to be very useful in investigating hypertensive patients. So far, almost everything known about this technique is based on studies performed in specialized centers. We summarize here the results of two trials in which private physicians used ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to assess the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs. The results found in this clinical setting were very similar to those observed previously in specialized clinics. In the individual patient, the level of ambulatory recorded pressure could not be predicted from blood pressure readings taken at the doctor's office. Furthermore, the blood pressure response to antihypertensive therapy was more reproducible when evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring than by the doctor. It appears, therefore, that non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is also useful in everyday practice for the management of hypertensive patients.
Keywords
Antihypertensive Agents/*therapeutic use Blood Pressure/*physiology Blood Pressure Determination/*methods *Blood Pressure Monitors Humans Hypertension/*drug therapy Reproducibility of Results
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Web of science
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