The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1136-1141, December 2009

Discrepancies between Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure: Clinical Implications

  • José R. Banegas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
    • CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Franz H. Messerli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
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  • Bernard Waeber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Pathophysiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois et Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
    • CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Alex de la Sierra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Julián Segura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Doce de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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  • Alex Roca-Cusachs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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  • Pedro Aranda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Department, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain
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  • Luis M. Ruilope, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Unit, Doce de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Luis M. Ruilope, MD, Hypertension Unit, Doce de Octubre Hospital, Av. Cordoba s/n, Madrid 28041, Spain

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 Funding: The main funding for the study was obtained from Lacer Spain, SA, through an unrestricted educational grant.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: We verify that all authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00665-2

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.05.020

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1136-1141, December 2009