This book guides readers through the correct use and consequent diagnostic and therapeutic
relevance of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in a wide spectrum of clinical
presentations and different phenotypes of arterial hypertension. On the basis of eight case
studies the author reviews and discusses current guidelines and recommendations aimed at
optimizing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach in commonly encountered real-world clinical
scenarios including challenging cases of white-coat hypertension masked hypertension
isolated nocturnal or diurnal hypertension hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea
pseudo-resistant and true-resistant hypertension and drug-induced hypotension. This handy and
practical book provides physicians in the area of general and internal medicine as well as
specialists in cardiovascular risk valuable insights for optimizing the treatment of these
hypertensive patients.
