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Impact of single-visit American versus European office blood pressure measurement procedure on individual blood pressure classification: a cross-sectional study.

Annina Salome VischerThenral SocratesClemens WinterhalderJens EcksteinMichael MayrThilo Burkard
Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2019)
Besides the effect of the redefinition of BP categories by ACC/AHA, the calculation method of US-BPM compared to EUR-BPM leads to a further relevant increase of patients classified as "hypertensive". In addition to the definition of uniform outcome-oriented target BP values, there is an urgent need for a universal definition of an OBPM procedure as prerequisite for proper BP classification and patient management.
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