Does home blood pressure allow for a better assessment of the white-coat effect than ambulatory blood pressure?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2118-2124

  Saladini, Francesca ^a   Benetti, Elisabetta ^a   Malipiero, Giacomo ^a   Casiglia, Edoardo ^a   Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ambulatory; blood pressure; home; white coat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINIC BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT EFFECT;

EID: 84867744978     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283589ee6     Document Type: Article

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