Abstract
A 42-year-old, Caucasian female was referred by her endocrinologist to confirm the diagnosis of arterial hypertension, since in the last visits, she has presented high blood pressure (BP). She was not on antihypertensive drugs. 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) was performed, and the final diagnosis was ‘white-coat hypertension’, also called ‘isolated clinic hypertension’.
Definition of ‘white-coat hypertension’ includes untreated patients with elevated office BP and normal 24-h ABPM. White-coat hypertension is not a benign condition, being potentially related to higher mean BP levels over 24 h compared to normotensive individuals.
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Segura, J. (2019). Patient with White-Coat Hypertension. In: Hypertension and 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Practical Case Studies in Hypertension Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02741-4_1
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