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Spacelabs Healthcare is the world leader in ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring. The use of ABP has long been routine in many European countries and is now rapidly increasing in the U.S. Many physicians are using ABP to detect "white coat" hypertension and to adjust drug therapy for their hypertensive patients.
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According to the new JNC VII Guidelines1, ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) is "warranted" for patients with "white-coat" hypertension -- 20 to 35% of patients who are hypertensive in your office may be normotensive at home.2 3
JNC VII also suggests that ABPM aids in assessing patients who:
- Are not responding to antihypertensive therapy
- Are taking antihypertensive medication and are experiencing symptoms of hypotension
- Have episodic hypertension
- Have autonomic dysfunction
ABPM is a proven, reliable tool:
- ABPM data correlates better than office measurements with target organ injury.1
- ABPM illustrates the extent of BP reduction during sleep; those whose BP doesn’t drop at night are at increased risk for cardiovascular events.1
- Recent studies suggest that ABPM data more accurately reflect a patient’s actual BP than casual or in-office BP measurements.2 3
- Availability of ABPM data improves the physician’s ability to predict CV risk. 3 4
ABP Software Registration
To register your ABP Software, please send your name, organization, address, phone, and fax to abpregistration@spacelabs.com.
References
1. Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. JAMA; May 21, 2003.
2. White WB. Ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring in clinical practice. NEJM 2003;348(24):2377-2378.
3. Marchiando RJ, Elston MP. Automated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: clinical utility in the family practice setting. Am Fam Physician 2003;67:2343-2350.
4. Clement DL, DeBuyzere ML, DeBacquer DA et al. Prognostic value of ambulatory blood-pressure recordings in patients with treated hypertension. NEJM 2003;348(24):2407-2415.