Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring compared to home blood pressure monitoring alter treatment decisions in treated hypertensive patients?
Population
200 treated hypertensive patients evaluated for therapeutic efficacy and/or diagnosis of resistant…
Comparison
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) vs Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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ABPM-HBPM concordance for hypertension treatment decisions remains inconclusive; leaves open need for prospective comparative trials.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring compared to home blood pressure monitoring alter treatment decisions in treated hypertensive patients?
While ABPM and HBPM show good concordance in measuring blood pressure, ABPM leads to significantly more decisions to modify antihypertensive treatment.
Paolasso et al. (2015) studied this question.
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