Is ABPM clinically useful after pediatric solid organ transplantation?
When ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is performed in populations with a high risk for secondary hypertension, such as solid organ transplant recipients, hypertension or abnormalities in circadian blood pressure variability are often discovered even in patients with normal office blood pressure (BP). To discuss whether ABPM should be routinely assessed in pediatric solid organ recipients, the available information on pathological findings, association of ABPM abnormalities with outcome parameters, and treatment options is reviewed. ABPM is a useful tool to optimize therapy in the large proportion of transplant recipients with confirmed hypertension. Whether the use of ABPM on a routine basis should be recommended for pediatric transplantation patients without office hypertension remains to be determined.
Soergel
Marianne
M
Novartis Pharma AG, Lichtstrasse 35, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. marianne.soergel@pharma.novartis.com
D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016377:Organ Transplantation