Why the study?
Does 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate monitoring correlate better with liver disease severity than conventional office measurements in cirrhotic patients?
Population
51 ambulatory patients with cirrhosis, mean age 57.4 ± 11.3 years, 32 men.
Comparison
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate… vs Conventional office blood pressure and heart…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Office measurements may suffice for cirrhosis severity assessment; leaves open whether ambulatory monitoring adds value in prospective studies.
Does 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate monitoring correlate better with liver disease severity than conventional office measurements in cirrhotic patients?
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate monitoring does not provide more information than conventional office measurements for assessing liver dysfunction severity in cirrhotic patients.
Tzamouranis et al. (2010) studied this question.
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