April 12, 2012

Home versus ambulatory and office blood pressure in predicting target organ damage in hypertension

Structured PICO

Does home blood pressure monitoring predict target organ damage better than ambulatory or office measurements in patients with hypertension?

P

Population

Patients with hypertension

I

Intervention

Home blood pressure monitoring

C

Comparator

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and office blood pressure measurements

O

Outcome

Preclinical organ damage assessed by echocardiographic LVMIsurrogate

Home blood pressure monitoring is superior to office measurements and comparable to ambulatory monitoring for predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension.

Abstract

These data suggest that home BP is as good as ambulatory monitoring and superior to office measurements in regard to their association with preclinical organ damage assessed by echocardiographic LVMI. More research is required to evaluate the relationship of home BP with other indices of target organ damage.

Home versus ambulatory and office blood pressure in predicting target organ damage in hypertension

Structured PICO

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