Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Treated Hypertensives

Introduction

Blood pressure (BP) control rates are very low in Brazil and in the world, around 20% only.^– Patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite treatment remain at high risk for cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality, comparably to untreated individuals.

According to recent recommendations,^,,, BP control should be monitored by both office BP and out-of-office BP measurements. In this way, it is possible to determine different hypertension phenotypes,^,,, which is very important to determine the prognosis and individualized therapy.^,,-

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