title: [Measurement and clinical evaluation of blood pressure in the management of hypertension].
abstract: It has been increasingly recognized that, for the reliable assessment of blood pressure (BP) and the accurate diagnosis of hypertension, not only office-BP but out-of-office BP measurement with ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) or self BP measurement at home is useful and important. Although office-BP should be used as reference, ABPM and home BP monitoring improves the prediction of cardiovascular risk in untreated and treated hypertensive patients. In this article, we reviewed the methodology for measuring BP by these procedures, its diagnostic and therapeutic thresholds, and its clinical applications in the management of hypertension. We also mentioned the abnormal circadian rhythm of BP and related conditions diagnosed by the implementation of these procedures.
authors: Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Iwashima
authors: Yuhei
authors: Y
authors: Kawano
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059466:White Coat Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis