Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

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Published: Apr 6, 2020
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, masked hypertension

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Janany Sabescumar
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States
Erika R. Drury
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States

Abstract

Blood pressure measurements in the office are strongly associated with cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, but do not correlate well with 24 h blood pressure values. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a powerful tool for investigating the true blood pressure burden in individual patients and currently accepted as the gold standard for diagnosing hypertension. ABPM can improve cardiovascular risk stratification for individual patients and evaluate for other abnormal blood pressure phenotypes. Here, we review the use of APBM, summarize data suggesting the superior predictive value of ABPM for cardiovascular disease, and practical applications for its clinical use.

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Sabescumar, J., & Drury, E. R. (2020). Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Hypertension Journal, 6(1), 2–6. Retrieved from https://9vom.in/journals/index.php/htnj/article/view/586
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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): Jan-March, 2020
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Review Articles
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