Practical advice for home blood pressure measurement

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 577-580

  McKay, Donald W ^a   Godwin, Marshall ^a   Chockalingam, Arun ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

High blood pressure monitoring; Home blood pressure; Masked hypertension; White coat effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 34250885824     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70804-8     Document Type: Article

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