Advantages of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Assessing the Efficacy of Antihypertensive Therapy.

ABSTRACT: The cumulative evidence in the past three decades situates ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) as a central element in diagnosing and predicting the prognosis of subjects with hypertension. However, for various reasons, this diagnostic and prognostic importance has not been translated in equal measure into making decisions or guiding antihypertensive treatment. Mean 24-h, daytime, and night-time blood pressure estimates, the occurrence of divergent phenotypes between clinic measurements, and ABPM, as well as the main elements that determine blood pressure variability over 24 h, especially night-time dipping, are all elements that in addition to providing evidence for patient prognosis, can be used to guide antihypertensive treatment follow-up enabling greater precision in defining

SUBMITTER: De la Sierra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430151 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature