How to reliably diagnose arterial hypertension: lessons from 24 h blood pressure monitoring

Background: Hypertension is a common condition in modern society. As blood pressure fluctuates with time, a single blood pressure measurement is useless to diagnose hypertension. Nevertheless, no well-defined number of measurements is often used for this purpose. Diagnosis and therapeutic control of...

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Main Authors: Vincent Raymaekers, Caro Brenard, Lisa Hermans, Ines Frederix, Jan A Staessen, Paul Dendale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-03-01
Series:Blood Pressure
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2018.1557508