Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and blood pressure control in patients with coronary artery disease-A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Office blood pressure (OBP) is used for diagnosing and treating hypertension but ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) associates more accurately with patient outcome. BP control is important in secondary prevention but it is unknown whether the use of APBM improves BP-control in this setting. Our objective was to investigate whether physician awareness of ABP after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improved BP-control. Methods: A total of 200 patients performed ABPM before and after their PCI follow-up visit. Patients were randomized to open (O) or concealed (C) ABPM results for the physician at the follow-up visit. The change in ABP and antihypertensive medication in relation to baseline ABP was compared between the two groups. Results: The average OBP

SUBMITTER: Hagglund O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7803061 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature