Does ambulatory blood pressure predict cardiovascular morbidity and mortality better than office blood pressure in resistant hypertensive patients?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is superior to office blood pressure for prognosticating cardiovascular risk in patients with resistant hypertension.
Higher ambulatory BP predicts cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in resistant hypertensive patients, whereas office BP has no prognostic value.
Salles et al. (2008) studied this question.