Second international consensus meeting on twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement: consensus and conclusions.

Abstract

Nun-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was first developed 30 years ago, and is now evolving from its former role as a somewhat esoteric research tool to becoming a clinically usehl procedure for the evaluation of hypertensive patients. The developing interest in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in clinical medicine has been reflected in a huge outpouring of publications on the application of the technique. This consensus report reviews the present state of the art as presented at the Dublin Consensus Meeting held in the Royal College of Surgeons in September 1 9 1 , and discusses some of the outstanding scientific and clirlical issues.