Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring reveal uncontrolled blood pressure in treated hypertensive patients deemed controlled by office blood pressure measurements?
Population
103 treated hypertensive patients on a stable antihypertensive regimen with controlled office blood pressure.
Comparison
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) vs Office blood pressure measurement
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Office BP may mask ambulatory hypertension in treated patients; leaves open whether routine ABPM improves outcomes.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring reveal uncontrolled blood pressure in treated hypertensive patients deemed controlled by office blood pressure measurements?
A significant proportion of treated hypertensive patients with controlled office blood pressure have uncontrolled ambulatory blood pressure, particularly those on monotherapy.
Wilson et al. (2000) studied this question.
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