PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rafey, Mohammad
TI  - Beyond office sphygmomanometry: Ways to better assess blood pressure
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.76gr.0409
DP  - 2009 Nov 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 657--662
VI  - 76
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/11/657.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/11/657.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2009 Nov 01; 76
AB  - To diagnose and manage hypertension optimally, we may need to do more than measure the patient’s blood pressure in the office using traditional sphygmomanometry. A variety of devices—some already available, validated, and reimbursable, some still in development—provide more information and give us a better picture of the patient’s true hypertensive status, degree of blood pressure control, and risk of end-organ damage.