However, it is increasingly recognized that a single office measurement of BP may not accurately reflect a patient’s actual BP burden. It is estimated that a 5 mmHg reduction in SBP in the population is likely to result in a 14% overall reduction in mortality due to stroke, a 9% reduction in mortality due to ischemic heart disease, and a 7% decrease in all-cause mortality (3,4).Ĭonventionally, diagnosis and management of hypertension are based on office-based recordings of BP. Consequently, effective control of BP remains the single-most effective therapeutic strategy to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Every 20 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and every 10 mmHg increase in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) increases mortality from both ischemic heart disease and stroke by twofold (2). It is responsible for 62% of all cerebrovascular disease and 49% of all ischemic heart disease worldwide (1).

As per the World Health Organization estimates, suboptimal blood pressure (BP) is the most common attributable risk factor for death throughout the world. Hypertension is currently one of the leading killers worldwide. Volume 1, Jul 2012 Manish Bansal, MD, DNB, Ravi R Kasliwal, MD, DM, Rahul Mehrotra, MD, DNB, Arun Rawat, MSc, Naresh Trehan, MD, Gurgaon, Haryana, India J Clin Prev Cardiol 2012 1(3):101-7 Original Article Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Evaluation of Blood Pressure Control in Patients on Antihypertensive Treatment

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