Standardized home blood pressure monitoring: Rationale behind the 722 protocol

Abstract

Home blood pressure (HBP) has been recognized as a prognostic predictor for cardiovascular events, and integrated into the diagnosis and management of hypertension.With increasing accessibility of oscillometric blood pressure devices, HBP monitoring is easy to perform, more likely to obtain reliable estimation of blood pressures, and feasible to document long-term blood pressure variations, compared to office and ambulatory blood pressures. To obtain reliable HBP estimates, a standardized HBP monitoring protocol is essential. A consensus regarding the optimal duration and frequency of HBP monitoring is yet to be established. Based on the current evidence,This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution -NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made.