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Diagnostic value and cost-benefit analysis of 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in primary care in Portugal

BACKGROUND: Hypertensive patients (HTs) are usually attended in primary care (PC). We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy and cost-benefit ratio of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in all newly diagnosed hypertensive patients (HTs) attended in PC. METHODS: In a cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: Pessanha, Paulo, Viana, Manuel, Ferreira, Paula, Bertoquini, Susana, Polónia, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-57