Ambulatory Blood Pressure Is Superior to Clinic Blood Pressure in Predicting Treatment-Induced Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Mancia, Giuseppe; Zanchetti, Alberto; Agebiti-Rosei, Enrico; Benemio, Giuseppe; De Cesaris, Raffaele; Fogari, Roberto; Pessino, Achille; Porcellati, Carlo; Salvetti, Antonio; Trimarco, Bruno

doi:10.1161/01.cir.95.6.1464

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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Is Superior to Clinic Blood Pressure in Predicting Treatment-Induced Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

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Authors:

Giuseppe Mancia

Alberto Zanchetti

Enrico Agebiti-Rosei

Abstract

Background In cross-sectional studies, ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) correlates more closely than clinic BP with the organ damage of hypertension. Whether ABP predicts development or regression of organ damage over time better than clinic BP, however, is unknown. Methods and Results In 206 essenti...

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