Canadian hypertension society guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
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Canadian hypertension society guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
The Canadian Hypertension Society has developed guidelines for the use of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring in clinical practice. Published articles with the best available levels of evidence were used to support the following recommendations: Physicians should only use ambulatory BP monitoring devices that have been validated independently using established protocols. A decision to wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(99)00199-5