Twenty-four-hour blood pressure management in India: A position statement by Indian College of cardiology

• Published in: Journal of Indian College of Cardiology Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 56 - 74
• Main Authors: Jayagopal, P, Srinivas, B, Raghu, T, Khanna, N, Srinivas, K, Manchanda, S, Guha, Shantanu, Ray, Saumitra, Thomas, Joy, Srivastava, Sameer, Roy, Devanu, Shetty, Sadanand, Sathyamoorthy, I, Ravindranath, K, Navasundi, Girish, Mantri, R, Jain, Peeyush, Khan, Amal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure; Blood pressure measurement; blood pressure variability; home blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; hypertension management; masked hypertension; morning surge; nocturnal hypertension; Physiological aspects; white-coat hypertension; United Kingdom; India; blood pressure variability; masked hypertension; morning surge; hypertension management; white-coat hypertension; nocturnal hypertension; home blood pressure monitoring; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Blood pressure (BP), even in healthy normotensive individuals, is dynamic, varies with a circadian periodicity, and is influenced by physiological and environmental factors. Abnormal 24-h BP patterns have been observed in many patients with hypertension (HTN), which may be overlooked if evaluations...