• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

The past two to three decades have seen a steady increase in the prevalence of
hypertension in China, largely owing to increased life expectancy and lifestyle changes …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Importance Hypertension is a prevalent condition that affects approximately 45% of the adult
US population and is the most commonly diagnosed condition at outpatient office visits …

As early as the 1920s, and subsequently in the 1959 Build and Blood Pressure Study (S1. 5-
1) of almost 5 million adults insured between 1934 and 1954, a strong direct relationship …

Hypertension is the most important modifiable cause of cardiovascular (CV) disease and all-
cause mortality worldwide. Despite the positive correlations between blood pressure (BP) …

This review portrays how ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring was established and
recommended as the method of choice for the assessment of BP and for the rational use of …

Abstract Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici (Turkey), Eduardo
Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luís Bronze (Portugal), John Chalmers …

Background: Multiple epidemiological studies from Europe and Asia have demonstrated
increased cardiovascular risks associated with isolated elevation of home blood pressure …

Background: The role of white-coat hypertension (WCH) and the white-coat-effect (WCE) in
development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk remains poorly understood. Objectives …