Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10227022 | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
BP load is defined as the percentage of valid measurements above the 95th percentile for age, gender, and height. Values above 25â30% are pathological and those above 50% are predictive of LVH. ABPM correlates with target organ damage, particularly LVH and renal damage. It is useful in the differentiation of secondary hypertension, since these children show higher BP load and less nocturnal dipping, and confirmation of response to therapy. Thus ABPM allows the diagnosis and classification of hypertension, provides cardiovascular prognostic information and identifies patients with intermediate phenotypes of hypertension.
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Authors
Helena Andrade, António Pires, Natália Noronha, Maria Emanuel Amaral, Lisete Lopes, Paula Martins, António Marinho da Silva, Eduardo Castela,