منابع مشابه
Decoding white coat hypertension
There is arguably no less understood or more intriguing problem in hypertension that the "white coat" condition, the standard concept of which is significantly blood pressure reading obtained by medical personnel of authoritative standing than that obtained by more junior and less authoritative personnel and by the patients themselves. Using hospital-initiated ambulatory blood pressure monitori...
متن کاملWhite-coat hypertension is hypertension.
The article in this issue from Puato et al1 in Padova, Italy, is important because it was prospective, with 5 years of follow-up, and the hypertensive patients were never treated. They showed that carotid intima-media thickness was greater at baseline in white-coat hypertensive subjects (WCHs), increased more during follow-up than in normotensive subjects, and was not different in WCHs with sus...
متن کامل["White coat" hypertension].
The literature concerning the problem of "white coat" hypertension is reviewed. The diagnosis of such hypertension is important for valid treatment policy in hypertensive patients. This diagnosis is based primarily on the data of 24-h blood pressure monitoring.
متن کاملDeterminants of white-coat hypertension.
BACKGROUND The prevalence of white-coat hypertension (WCH) is considerable in patients referred with elevated office blood pressure. Failure to recognise this phenomenon can lead to the inappropriate use of antihypertensive medications. We undertook this study to determine the profile of patients with WCH. METHODS Baseline clinic and daytime ambulatory blood pressures were available from 5716...
متن کاملProperly defining white coat hypertension.
Cardiologia e Fisiopatologia Cardiovascolare, Università di Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia, Italy; Studiecoördinatiecentrum, Laboratorium Hypertensie, Campus Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Section of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Department of Clinical Pharmacology an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Clinical Cases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2307-8960
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i3.82