Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics

William B White, MD, FASH, FAHA, FACPProfessor and Chief, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Calhoun Cardiology Center, Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Farmington, CT, USA

• Monitoring Blood Pressure in the Office.- Home (Self) Monitoring of the Blood Pressure.- Activity Monitoring and Effects of the Environment on Blood Pressure.- Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure: An Overview of Devices, Analyses, and Utility.- Validation and Reliability Testing of Blood Pressure Monitors.- Circadian and Cyclic Environmental Determinants of Blood Pressure Patterning and Implications for Therapeutic Interventions.- Blood Pressure Variability as Elusive Harbinger of Adverse Health Outcomes.- Physiologic Control of the Circadian Variability in Blood Pressure.- Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.- Ambulatory blood pressure and stroke.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Older Persons.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: During Pregnancy.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: Masked Hypertension.- White coat Hypertension.- Gender and Circadian Rhythms in Cardiovascular Function.- Home (self) monitoring of Blood Pressure in Clinical Trials.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Trials of Drugs and Devices.- Out-of-Office Monitoring in Clinical Practice.