May 1, 2007

Diagnostic Thresholds for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Based on 10-Year Cardiovascular Risk.

Kikuya M, Hansen TW, Thijs L, Björklund-Bodegård K, Kuznetsova T, Ohkubo T, Richart T, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Staessen JA, International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes Investigators.   Circulation.   2007 Apr 24;115(16):2145-52

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