Beyond office sphygmomanometry: ways to better assess blood pressure.
To diagnose and manage hypertension optimally, we may need to do more than measure the patient's blood pressure in the office using traditional sphygmomanometry. A variety of devices--some already available, validated, and reimbursable, some still in development--provide more information and give us a better picture of the patient's true hypertensive status, degree of blood pressure control, and risk of end-organ damage.
Rafey
Mohammad
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Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. rafeym@ccf.org
D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D003187:Compliance; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009819:Office Visits; D019722:Sphygmomanometers