Vascular health assessment of the hypertensive patients (VASOTENS) Registry: rationale, design and methods of an international registry for ambulator…

2015

Ambulatory (A) blood pressure (BP), central BP and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are parameters recommended by hypertension guidelines for estimating BP control and vascular impairment. Recent advances in technology made available devices allowing combined non-invasive estimation of these parameters over the 24-h during ABP monitoring (ABPM). However, at present, there is limited evidence on the usefulness of such an approach for routine hypertension managementWe recently launched an investigator-initiated, international, multicenter, observational, prospective study with the following objectives: • The evaluation of non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure and arterial stiffness estimates (throu…