AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS
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Ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is becoming widely accepted as a clinically useful tool for assessing cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients, although it is not generally recognized for reimbursement in the United States. There are now six major prospective studies, all of which have shown that ABPM gives a better prediction of risk than conventional clinic measurement. A coro...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0263-6352
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000572660.53292.87