Why Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring?
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) may be done to get a more accurate measurement of your average blood pressure, or because you have different readings in the doctor’s office than at home, or for other reasons.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is an effective way to distinguish patients with white coat hypertension from those in need of more intensive therapy. Heart Rhythm Medical Centre uses diagnostic tools such as ABPM to assure proper management of patients’ blood pressure.
Why a 24-Hour Measurement of Blood Pressure
During the ABPM, regular blood pressure readings are taken, for several reasons:
For complaints including:
It helps predict the chances of stroke or heart attacks
It yields the average or mean blood pressure, heart rate and a few other parameters
It also shows the heart rate at the same time
It reveals if the blood pressure increases at night or during sleep, a phenomenon seen in some individuals, which may need an adjustment in the medical regimen