To the Editor: Banegas et al,1 for the Spanish Society of Hypertension Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry Investigators, have examined the sensitivity and specificity of office blood pressure measurements in assessing control of hypertension in treated patients. The “gold standard” reference was the daytime component of a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. In this manner, ...

OBJECTIVES The International Database on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (1993-1994) lacked a prospective dimension. We are constructing a new resource of longitudinal population studies to investigate with great precision to what extent the ambulatory blood pressure improves risk stratification. METHODS The acronym IDACO refers to the new International Database of Ambulatory blood press...

mild (140 to 159/90 to 99 mmhg) or moderate (160 to 179/100 to 109 mmhg) chronic arterial hypertension does not appear to cause headache. whether moderate hypertension predisposes patients to headache at all remains controversial, but there is little evidence that it does. ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with mild and moderate hypertension has shown no convincing relationship b...

The accurate measurement of blood pressure (BP) is an important prerequisite for the reliable diagnosis and efficient management hypertension other medical conditions. Office Blood Pressure Measurement (OBP) a technique performed in-office with sphygmomanometer, while Ambulatory Monitoring (ABPM) that measures during 24h. BP fluctuations also depend on factors such as physical activity, tempera...

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement monitoring has become an increasingly important method of investigation in hypertension [ I ] and automated non-invasive devices which allow frequent measurements of ambulatory blood pressure and the pulse rate over 24 h are now available. The accuracy [ 2 ] and the reproducibility [3] of ambulatory measurements have been documented.'However, data from ambu...

AIM To analyse blood pressure characteristics during 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and to assess factors that influence its success over 24 hours and during patient-recorded awake (DAY) and sleep (NIGHT) periods. METHODS A total of 169 consecutive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring studies were conducted in 154 patients over 30 months. For each ambulatory study, w...