Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for cardiovascular medicine.

Discusses evaluating blood pressure (BP) behavior outside of the clinical setting and during daily activities to identify high-risk subjects. It is concluded that various valuable information on the cardiovascular system can be obtained using multifunctional ambulatory BP monitors. Wearable monitori...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 22, 3 (2003).
Main Author:	Kario, K.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Cardiovascular events treatment. Cardiovascular medicine. Chronobiological strategy. Clinical setting. Daily activities. High-risk subjects identification. More effective individualized prevention. Multifunctional ambulatory blood pressure monitors. Risk stratification.