Meyer-Sabellek W A, Schulte K L, Liederwald K, van Gemmeren D, Gotzen R
Department of Internal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
J Hypertens Suppl. 1990 Sep;8(4):S95-8.
A study of normotensive volunteers and patients with primary hypertension demonstrated the superiority of a single 24-h mean systolic and diastolic ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (SpaceLabs 90207 ABPM) over standardized sphygmomanometric casual readings. In contrast to the casual blood pressure measurement there was a significant correlation between both 24-h mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures and left ventricular hypertrophy as assessed by two-dimensional M-mode echocardiography. Although no significant differences between daytime and night-time blood pressure were demonstrated in normotensive or hypertensive subjects with or without target organ damage, larger prospective trials are required to confirm this finding.
