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...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Responsiveness to CO2 is an established test of cerebrovascular reserve capacity. Arterial partial pressure of CO2 (PCO2) and arterial blood pressure (BP) are key parameters for cerebral blood flow. To investigate the interaction between PCO2 and BP, we performed a study with simultaneous measurement of CO2 and BP during CO2 reactivity testing with transcranial Doppler so...

We have retrospectively compared the blood pressure load derived from 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with all clinic blood pressure readings elevated with those with only some elevated pressures to establish whether clinic readings alone are good predictors of blood pressure status. Fifty-seven patients attending a district general hospital hypertension clinic who were...

Three hundred eight outpatients referred for hyperlension were studied. A continuous beat-tobeat noninvasive recording (Finapres) of blood pressure evaluated the blood pre ss ure increase ( 9 mm Hg systolic and 4 mm Hg diastolic) induced by office sphygmomanometry. Thereafter, patients underwent a 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The evaluation against Finapres showed that office sphy...

The value of measuring blood pressure in the clinic is debatable, especially when it is done by doctors. Inherent variability means that true changes in blood pressure can be difficult to detect using clinic readings. Furthermore, misclassification on the basis of clinic readings can occur in people with “normal” underlying blood pressure who are labelled as hypertensive because of the pressor ...

INTRODUCTION Home blood pressure monitoring has several advantages over blood pressure monitoring at a physician's office, and has become a useful instrument in the management of hypertension. OBJECTIVE To explore the rate and characteristics of patients who measure their blood pressure at home. METHODS A sample of 2,752 patients with diagnosis of essential arterial hypertension was selecte...