Ambulatory blood pressure. An independent predictor of prognosis in essential hypertension.

Verdecchia, P; Porcellati, C; Schillaci, G; Borgioni, C; Ciucci, A; Battistelli, M; Guerrieri, M; Gatteschi, C; Zampi, I; Santucci, A; Santucci, C; Reboldi, G

doi:10.1161/01.hyp.24.6.793

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Ambulatory blood pressure. An independent predictor of prognosis in essential hypertension.

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P Verdecchia

C Porcellati

G Schillaci

Abstract

To determine the prognostic significance of ambulatory blood pressure, we prospectively followed for up to 7.5 years (mean, 3.2) 1187 subjects with essential hypertension and 205 healthy normotensive control subjects who had baseline off-therapy 24-hour noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure monitori...

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