ABPM

ESH recommendations for BP

measurement
ESC Guideline
Hypertension
(Management of),
2013
the provision of intermittent measurements during which
the individual is sedentary rather than ambulatory
the fact that the technique makes demands on the
individual
that it may cause discomfort, and is more expensive than
conventional measurement.
ESH recommendations for BP
measurement
White Coat Normal Tension

It is also known as Masked Hypertension. It refers to
patients who have normal clinic BP when they are seeing
a doctor, but their ABPM patterns are abnormal and can
be any of the abnormal patterns from no.3 to 8 as
mentioned.
The following was written in 1991:
The time has surely come when
antihypertensive drug efficacy
studies that do not assess blood
pressure over 24 hours should no
longer be acceptable