Reproducibility of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in arterial hypertension
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Resistant Hypertension
ABPM constitutes a valuable tool in the diagnosis of RH. The identification of white coat RH and masked hypertension (which may fulfill or not the definition of RH) is of great importance in the clinical management of such patients. Moreover, the various ABPM components such as average BP values, circadian BP variability patterns, and ambulatory BP-derived indices, such as ambulatory arterial s...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(99)80528-7