Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice: Is being superior good enough?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1300-1302

  Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 54449101192     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282fbf629     Document Type: Note

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