Previous research suggests as many as one-third of patients who are hypertensive in a clinical setting have white-coat hypertension, a phenomenon in which patients exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range in a clinical setting but not in other settings, often leading to overtreatment. In research done in 2017 in the Netherlands, researchers… Continue reading Automated Blood Pressure Monitoring Reduces Over-Treatment
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White Coat Hypertension May Indicate Risk for Heart Disease in Some Older People
White coat hypertension, in which patients have high blood pressure readings in a medical setting but normal blood pressure outside the doctor’s office, is most likely an innocuous condition that is not a predictor of heart disease or stroke — except in a small group of older patients, according to a study published online October… Continue reading White Coat Hypertension May Indicate Risk for Heart Disease in Some Older People