Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
This paper will briefly summarize the available evidence on the diagnostic and prognostic relevance of a number of parameters derived from the analysis of 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure recordings. These parameters include the 24 h average blood pressure values, the difference between daytime and nighttime blood pressure, the difference between clinic blood pressure and daytime average blood pressure as a surrogate measure of the "white coat effect", and 24 hour blood pressure variability as quantified by the standard deviation of the 24 hour average value.
Mancia
G
G
Clinica Medica I, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza and University of Milano, Italy.
Parati
G
G
Omboni
S
S
Ulian
L
L
Zanchetti
A
A
D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*