European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure monitoring at home: a summary report of the Second International Consensus Conference on Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
Gianfranco Parati, George S Stergiou, Roland Asmar, Grzegorz Bilo, Peter de Leeuw, Yutaka Imai, Kazuomi Kario, Empar Lurbe, Athanasios Manolis, Thomas Mengden, Eoin O'Brien, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Paul Padfield, Paolo Palatini, Thomas Pickering, Josep Redon, Miriam Revera, Luis M Ruilope, Andrew Shennan, Jan A Staessen, Andras Tisler, Bernard Waeber, Alberto Zanchetti, Giuseppe Mancia, ESH Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring, Gianfranco Parati, George S Stergiou, Roland Asmar, Grzegorz Bilo, Peter de Leeuw, Yutaka Imai, Kazuomi Kario, Empar Lurbe, Athanasios Manolis, Thomas Mengden, Eoin O'Brien, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Paul Padfield, Paolo Palatini, Thomas Pickering, Josep Redon, Miriam Revera, Luis M Ruilope, Andrew Shennan, Jan A Staessen, Andras Tisler, Bernard Waeber, Alberto Zanchetti, Giuseppe Mancia, ESH Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring
Abstract
This document summarizes the available evidence and provides recommendations on the use of home blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice and in research. It updates the previous recommendations on the same topic issued in year 2000. The main topics addressed include the methodology of home blood pressure monitoring, its diagnostic and therapeutic thresholds, its clinical applications in hypertension, with specific reference to special populations, and its applications in research. The final section deals with the problems related to the implementation of these recommendations in clinical practice.
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