Why the study?
Does higher ambulatory blood pressure predict cardiovascular events in patients with treated hypertension?
Population
Patients with treated hypertension
Comparison
Ambulatory blood-pressure recordings vs Office measurements of blood pressure
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Ambulatory BP monitoring may add prognostic value in treated hypertension; leaves open whether targeting it improves outcomes.
Does higher ambulatory blood pressure predict cardiovascular events in patients with treated hypertension?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides independent prognostic value for cardiovascular events beyond traditional office blood pressure measurements in treated hypertensive patients.
Clément et al. (2003) studied this question.
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