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In the past 30 years, the techniques for measuring blood pressure to determine whether a patient has hypertension have undergone a substantial change. The bulk of our knowledge about the risks of hypertension and the benefits of treating it is based on the traditional method of taking a small number of readings with the auscultatory technique in a medical setting. However, such measurements, which are of enormous value on a population basis, often provide a poor estimate of risk in an individual patient for reasons such as poor technique of the observer, the "white-coat" effect (the transient but variable elevation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Techniques of Ambulatory Monitoring

Blood-Pressure Level

Diurnal Rhythm of Blood Pressure

Blood-Pressure Variability

Prediction of Clinical Outcomes

Ambulatory Monitoring in Other Clinical Conditions

White-Coat Hypertension

Labile Hypertension

Resistant Hypertension

Masked Hypertension

Postural Hypotension

Evaluating the Response to Antihypertensive Treatment

Routine Clinical Practice

Clinical Trials

Practical Issues and Reimbursement

Conclusions and Future Directions

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From the Behavioral Cardiovascular Health and Hypertension Program, Department of Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (T.G.P., D.S.); and the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (D.H.) — both in New York.

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