European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure monitoring at home: a summary report of the second international consensus conference on home blood pressure monitoring

Parati, G; Stergiou, GS; Asmar, R; Bilo, G; de Leeuw, P; Imai, Y; Kario, K; Lurbe, E; Manolis, A; Mengden, T; O'Brien, E; Ohkubo, T; Padfield, P; Palatini, P; Pickering, T; Redon, J; Revera, M; Ruilope, LM; Shennan, A; Staessen, Jan A; Tisler, A; Waeber, B; Zanchetti, A; Mancia, G

doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328308da66

European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure monitoring at home: a summary report of the second international consensus conference on home blood pressure monitoring

Author:

Parati, G

Stergiou, GS ; Asmar, R ; Bilo, G ; de Leeuw, P ; Imai, Y ; Kario, K ; Lurbe, E ; Manolis, A ; Mengden, T ; O'Brien, E ; Ohkubo, T ; Padfield, P ; Palatini, P ; Pickering, T ; Redon, J ; Revera, M ; Ruilope, LM ; Shennan, A ; Staessen, Jan A ; Tisler, A ; Waeber, B ; Zanchetti, A ; Mancia, G

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, arterial hypertension, cardiovascular risk, home blood pressure monitoring, TARGET-ORGAN DAMAGE, WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION, PRIMARY-CARE PHYSICIANS, CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE, 10-YEAR FOLLOW-UP, SELF-MEASUREMENT, MASKED HYPERTENSION, HEART-RATE, MEASURING DEVICES, ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT, Antihypertensive Agents, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory, Drug Monitoring, Europe, Humans, Hypertension, ESH Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1116 Medical Physiology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, 3202 Clinical sciences

Abstract:

This document summarizes the available evidence and provides recommendations on the use of home blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice and in research. It updates the previous recommendations on the same topic issued in year 2000. The main topics addressed include the methodology of home blood pressure monitoring, its diagnostic and therapeutic thresholds, its clinical applications in hypertension, with specific reference to special populations, and its applications in research. The final section deals with the problems related to the implementation of these recommendations in clinical practice.