Target Organ Damage in "White Coat Hypertension" and "Masked Hypertension"
Author(s) -
Vasilios Kotsis,
Stella Stabouli,
Savvas Toumanidis,
Christos Papamichael,
J. Lekakis,
G. Germanidis,
Apostolos Hatzitolios,
Zoë Rizos,
M Sion,
Nikos Zakopoulos
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2008.15
Subject(s) - medicine , white coat hypertension , ambulatory blood pressure , masked hypertension , ambulatory , cardiology , blood pressure , body mass index , essential hypertension
In this study we investigated (i) the prevalence of white coat hypertension (WCH) and masked hypertension (MH) in patients who had never been treated earlier with antihypertensive medication, and (ii) the association of these conditions with target organ damage.
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