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Position statement of the Interamerican Society of Cardiology (IASC) on the current guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension 2017–2020

“…All these guidelines match on four important points. First conventional office BP measurements have great variability, may induce diagnosis misinterpretation and are not able to identify masked and white coat hypertension [ 10 , 11 ] Second, HBPM and ABPM are complementary diagnostic tools very useful in the detection of hypertension and cardiovascular risk prediction in hypertensive patients [ 12 , 13 ]. Third, we should consider HBPM, with or without telemonitoring of self-measured BP values, as a cheaper option than ABPM and also as a useful tool to increase treatment adherence and BP control, a feature which is particularly important in the low or medium incoming countries of Left Atrial (LA) [ 13 , 14 ].…”

Hemodynamics and cardiac autonomic modulation after an acute concurrent exercise circuit in older individuals with pre- to established hypertension

“…The participants were aged ≥60 years, had a prehypertension status ( 35 ) (systolic BP >120 mmHg or diastolic BP >80 mmHg), and were cleared by their physicians to practice physical activities. All the participants were dippers according to the Brazilian Society of Cardiology criteria ( 36 ). The exclusion criteria were smoking, cardiac or chronic kidney disease, stroke within the last year, orthopedic problems compromising exercise performance, diabetes, and use of medications influencing autonomic modulation activity and systemic vascular resistance ( e.g.…”

<p>Short-Term Effect of Self-Selected Training Intensity on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial</p>

“…Participants wore an ambulatory BP device (CardioMAPA, Cardios ® , Brazil) on their non-dominant arm according to the Brazilian guidelines for ambulatory BP monitoring 27 over a 24-hour period. The device was programmed to measure BP every 15 minutes during their awake and every 30 minutes during their sleeping periods.…”

“…All procedures related to the ambulatory BP monitoring were explained to the participants at the health screening visit based on the Brazilian guidelines for ambulatory BP monitoring. 27…”