Jinho Shin, Ji-Guang Wang, Yook-Chin Chia, Kazuomi Kario, Chen-Huan Chen, Hao-Min Cheng, Takeshi Fujiwara, Satoshi Hoshide, Minh Van Huynh, Yan Li, Michiaki Nagai, Jennifer Nailes, Sungha Park, Saulat Siddique, Jorge Sison, Arieska Ann Soenarta, Guru Prasad Sogunuru, Jam Chin Tay, Boon Wee Teo, Naoko Tomitani, Kelvin Tsoi, Yuda Turana, Narsingh Verma, Tzung-Dau Wang, Yuqing Zhang
For adopting recently introduced hypertension phenotypes categorized using office and out of office blood pressure (BP) for the diagnosis of hypertension and antihypertension drug therapy, it is mandatory to define the corresponding out of office BP with the specific target BP recommended by the major guidelines. Such conditions include white-coat hypertension (WCH), masked hypertension (MH), white-coat uncontrolled hypertension (WUCH), and masked uncontrolled hypertension (MUCH). Here, the authors review the relevant literature and discuss the related issue to facilitate the use of corresponding BPs for proper diagnosis of WCH, MH, WUCH, and MUCH in the setting of standard target BP as well as intensive target BP...
October 25, 2023: Journal of Clinical Hypertension