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European Heart Journal 2002 23(2):106-109; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2657
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Reviews

Properly defining white coat hypertension

P. Verdecchiaa,f1, J.A. Staessenb, W.B. Whitec, Y. Imaid and E.T. O'Briene

a Cardiologia e Fisiopatologia Cardiovascolare, Università di Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia, Italy
b Studiecoördinatiecentrum, Laboratorium Hypertensie, Campus Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
c Section of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A.
d Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science and Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital Clinical Trial Center, Sendai, Japan
e Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

revised February 12, 2001; accepted February 15, 2001

Key Words: Hypertension, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, left ventricular hypertrophy, prognosis, myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure

f1 Correspondence: Dr Paolo Verdecchia, Cardiologia e Fisiopatologia Cardiovascolare, Università di Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Via Brunamonti 51, 06100 - Perugia, Italy.

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