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Ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring has arrived

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Lovibond and colleagues report that ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring is the cost-effective option for the diagnosis of hypertension. Room for refining this analysis exists, but the focus on cost-saving by avoiding unnecessary treatment is compelling and should receive due consideration by guideline writers.

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Krakoff, L. Ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring has arrived. Nat Rev Cardiol 8, 671–672 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2011.155

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