Role of ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice: A narrative review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 691-700

  Shimbo, Daichi ^a   Abdalla, Marwah ^a   Falzon, Louise ^b   Townsend, Raymond R ^c   Muntner, Paul ^d  

^a Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MASKED HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84946121412     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1270     Document Type: Review

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