White coat hypertension is a low-risk condition with a benign prognosis, suggesting that treatment thresholds should be carefully considered using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
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Supports ABPM to avoid overtreatment in low-risk patients; leaves open need for prospective trials to guide thresholds.
Thomas G. Pickering (1996) studied this question.
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