Semi-final masked hypertension.
Masked hypertension is normal blood pressures (BP) in a clinical setting and high BP during ambulatory monitoring. Although these patients are at higher cardiovascular risk, there is still no clear consensus definition of masked hypertension.
Department of Cardiology, CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands. b.weijs@mumc.nl
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D001794:Blood Pressure; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors