Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect clinically important subgroups in patients with borderline hypertension?
Population
Patients with borderline hypertension
Design
Review
Authors
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Ambulatory monitoring may identify white-coat responses in borderline hypertension; leaves open whether natural variability subgroups warrant routine detection.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detect clinically important subgroups in patients with borderline hypertension?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is useful in identifying borderline hypertensive patients with excessive pressor responses to office visits (white coat effect) rather than those with excessive variability in natural settings.
Pickering et al. (1986) studied this question.
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