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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: McGrath BP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4654038 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Home blood pressure monitoring is the self-measurement of blood pressure by patients. In the diagnosis and management of high blood pressure it is complementary to 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and clinic blood pressure measurements. Home monitoring can also help to identify white-coat and masked hypertension. Home monitoring has good reproducibility, is well tolerated and relatively inexpensive. It is superior to blood pressure taken in the clinic in predicting cardiovascular eve ...[more]