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Does home blood pressure monitoring improve hypertension diagnosis and cardiovascular risk prediction compared to office blood pressure measurements in Asian populations?
Does home blood pressure monitoring improve hypertension diagnosis and cardiovascular risk prediction compared to office blood pressure measurements in Asian populations?
This expert consensus provides region-specific recommendations for the use of home blood pressure monitoring in Asia to improve hypertension diagnosis, control, and cardiovascular risk prediction.
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Supports integration of validated home BP monitoring into Asian practice; confirms accuracy for diagnosis and outcome prediction.
Hypertension is the leading cause of mortality throughout Asia. Home blood pressure monitoring has the potential to improve hypertension control and is a useful adjunct to conventional office blood pressure measurements due to its diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value in predicting cardiovascular outcomes. At present, there are no region-specific guidelines addressing the use of home blood pressure monitoring in Asia. Therefore, an expert panel was convened to address the use of home blood pressure monitoring and develop key recommendations to help guide clinical practice throughout the Asia region. The resulting recommendations support the use of home blood pressure monitoring with a validated device as an accurate adjunct for diagnosing hypertension and predicting cardiovascular outcome. Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension should still be guided by conventional office/clinic blood pressure measurements. The expert panel encourages the incorporation of home blood pressure monitoring into local clinical guidelines and offers practical recommendations to ensure continuity of care where a validated home blood pressure device is not available.
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Park et al. (2018) conducted a review in Hypertension. Home blood pressure monitoring vs. Office blood pressure measurement was evaluated. The expert panel recommends the use of home blood pressure monitoring with a validated device as an accurate adjunct to conventional office measurements for diagnosing hypertension and predicting cardiovascular outcomes in Asia.
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