title: [Usefulness of different techniques of blood pressure measurements in 2016].
abstract: The management of hypertensive patients is greatly influenced by blood pressure levels and accurate measurement of blood pressure is crucial in this context. Mercury sphygmomanometer has been progressively replaced by more precise oscillometric devices that can be widely used in the clinic and ambulatory setting. The purpose of this review was to detail the different methods for evaluating blood pressure, and to refine their indications and clinical benefit. Office blood pressure measurement has a great variability and should follow a strict protocol to give consistent results. National and international guidelines focus on blood pressure measurement in the ambulatory setting. When used by trained patients, home blood pressure monitoring is reproducible and can provide substantial prognostic information, even if ambulatory blood pressure monitoring remains the gold standard. The role of central blood pressure and pulse wave velocity monitoring in the therapeutic strategy of hypertension needs further assessment.
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France. Electronic address: sylvain.le-jeune@aphp.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Jeune
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pointeau
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hube
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez-Sublet
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giroux-Leprieur
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhote
authors.affiliation: EA 3412, service de médecine interne et centre d'excellence ESH en hypertension artérielle, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Paris XIII, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mourad
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis
keywords: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Auto-mesure; Blood pressure; Home blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; Hypertension artérielle; Mesure ambulatoire; Pression artérielle