Cost-effectiveness of Intensive Blood Pressure Management
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Cost-effectiveness of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the management of hypertension.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The prevalence of hypertension in Portugal is between 29.1% and 42.2%. International studies show that 13% of individuals have masked hypertension and 13% of diagnoses based on office blood pressure measurements are in fact white coat hypertension. More sensitive and specific blood pressure measuring methods could avoid costs associated with misdiagnosis. The aim of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Cardiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2380-6583
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.3517