[Automatic measurement of arterial pressure. A new method for analysis, quantification and evaluation of hypertensive...

The authors try to analyse the role of ambulatory 24 h blood pressure monitoring (ABP) in the diagnosis of hypertension, and review medical literature on this subject. They emphasized the quantification and definition value of normal results and circadian profiles in ABP. The accuracy of the device and the choice of a correct statistical parameter of prognosis is essential in all prospectives studies. In the future a better correlation is expected between blood pressure and organ damage when blood pressure is measured by ambulatory recordings then office method.