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SUBMITTER: Gorostidi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4485667 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Cardiology and therapy 20150613 Suppl 1
Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) correlates more significantly with hypertension-associated cardiovascular mortality and morbidity than BP obtained in the doctor's office. Assessing ambulatory BP, either through 24-h monitoring or through protocolized self-measurement at home, is essential in diagnosing and monitoring patients with hypertension. Several ambulatory BP-derived indicators are related with cardiovascular prognosis. These include 24-h, daytime and nighttime BP measurements, BP measurem ...[more]