Blood pressure measurement is the basis for the diagnosis, management, treatment,
epidemiology and research of hypertension, and the decisions affecting these aspects of …

Hypertension is a frequent, chronic, age-related disorder, which often entails debilitating
cardiovascular and renal complications. Blood pressure is usually noted in combination with …

Background The lowering of cholesterol concentrations in individuals at high risk of
cardiovascular disease improves outcome. No study, however, has assessed benefits of …

There is a large market for blood pressure measuring devices not only in clinical medicine
but also among the public where the demand for self measurement of blood pressure is …

Levels of hypertension treatment and control have been noted to vary between Europe and
North America, although direct comparisons with similar methods have not been …

Background Patients with high blood pressure (hypertension) in the community frequently
fail to meet treatment goals‐a condition labelled as" uncontrolled" hypertension. The optimal …

A population‐based study of a quantitative trait may be seriously compromised when the
trait is subject to the effects of a treatment. For example, in a typical study of quantitative …

These guidelines update previous reports by working parties of the British Hypertension
Society (BHS) in 1989, 1 19932 and 1999. 3 Updating these guidelines is appropriate …

A hypertensive emergency is a situation in which uncontrolled hypertension is associated
with acute end-organ damage. Most patients presenting with hypertensive emergency have …

Much new evidence has emerged on the importance of blood pressure as a risk factor for
cardiovascular disease; the importance of lifestyle measures for the prevention and …