Are Unattended Blood Pressure Measurements Necessary in All Patients Visiting an Outpatient Cardiology Clinic?
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Are Unattended Blood Pressure Measurements Necessary in All Patients Visiting an Outpatient Cardiology Clinic? Helen Triantafyllidi1 · Dimitris Voutsinos1 · Konstantina Sioula1 · Antonios Schoinas1 · Dimitris Benas1 · Dionysia Birmpa1 · Ignatios Ikonomidis1 Received: 2 June 2020 / Accepted: 22 July 2020 © Italian Society of Hypertension 2020
Abstract Introduction Unattended automatic office blood pressure (BP) measurement has given new evidence regarding treatment goals. Aim We aimed to explore any differences between unattended and conventional office BP measurements in different groups of patients visiting a European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Excellence Centre. Methods We performed two unattended (Microlife Watch BP Home) followed by a single attended (mercury sphygmomanometer) BP measurement in 310 patients (mean age 62 ± 15 years, 151 males, 64% hypertensives and 36% normotensive individuals) visiting our ESH Centre for a scheduled follow-up. Office BP
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