| Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: How Good a Predictor of Long-Term Risk? | |
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PMID: 21327567 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Most management decisions for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension are made using blood pressure (BP) measurements made in the clinic. However, home BP recordings may be of superior prognostic value. In this review, we show that home BP recordings are generally superior to clinic BP measurements in predicting long-term prognosis. Home BP has been shown to significantly predict important end points including all-cause mortality, progression of chronic kidney disease, and functional decline in the elderly. In addition, home BP recordings significantly and strongly predict cardiovascular events. These findings are robust, as they concur despite having been studied in disparate populations, using heterogeneous methods of clinic and home BP measurement, and with varied methods of statistical analysis. The advantages of home BP recordings are not due solely to a larger number of measurements, and they extend to the elderly, patients with chronic kidney disease, and those on hemodialysis. Because home BP recordings combine improved accuracy with the advantages of low cost and easy implementation, most patients with known or suspected hypertension should have their BP assessed and managed by means of home BP recordings. |
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Samia Sheikh; Arjun D Sinha; Rajiv Agarwal |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-16 |
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Title: Current hypertension reports Volume: - ISSN: 1534-3111 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888982 Medline TA: Curr Hypertens Rep Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. |
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