title: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Medica I, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza and University of Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omboni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ulian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanchetti
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*