Use of automated office blood pressure measurement to reduce the white coat response

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Myers, Martin G ^a,b,c   Valdivieso, Miguel ^a   Kiss, Alexander ^b  

^a Schulich Heart Centre   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated sphygmomanometers; Blood pressure measurement; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 63849254204     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32831b9e6b     Document Type: Article

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