Open AccessLong-Term Control of Ambulatory Hypertension in Children: Improving With Time But Still Not Achieving New Blood Pressure Goals
Author(s) -
T. Seeman,
J. Gilik
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1093/ajh/hpt048
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , ramipril , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , ambulatory , pediatrics , diastole , cardiology , mathematics , statistics
Short-term therapy can decrease blood pressure (BP) to less than the 95th percentile in only about 50% of children. The aim of our study was to investigate the long-term control of hypertension (HT) in children using ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM).
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