Research and Development of Information and Communication Technology-based Home Blood Pressure Monitoring from Morning to Nocturnal Hypertension

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 254-273

  Kario, Kazuomi ^a,b   Tomitani, Naoko ^a,b   Matsumoto, Yuri ^a,b   Hamasaki, Haruna ^a,b   Okawara, Yukie ^a,b   Kondo, Maiko ^a,b   Nozue, Ryoko ^a,b   Yamagata, Hiromi ^a,b   Okura, Ayako ^a,b   Hoshide, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hypertension Cardiovascular Outcome Prevention and Evidence in Asia (HOPE Asia) Network   (Japan)

Author keywords

24 hour blood pressure; Asians; blood pressure variability; home blood pressure; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MORNING HYPERTENSION; NOCTURNAL HYPERTENSION; OXYGEN DESATURATION; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHNOLOGY; JAPAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN;

EID: 84991512051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.02.004     Document Type: Review

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