Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in White Coat Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

• Published in: Annals of internal medicine Vol. 170; no. 12; p. 853
• Main Authors: Cohen, Jordana B, Lotito, Michael J, Trivedi, Usha K, Denker, Matthew G, Cohen, Debbie L, Townsend, Raymond R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 18.06.2019
• Subjects: Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cause of Death; Humans; White Coat Hypertension - diagnosis

The long-term cardiovascular risk of isolated elevated office blood pressure (BP) is unclear. To summarize the risk for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality associated with untreated white coat hypertension (WCH) and treated white coat effect (WCE). PubMed and EMBASE, without language restr...