White coat hypertension
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white-coat-hypertension-164-7118335
title:
White coat hypertension
text:
White coat hypertension (WHT), also known as white coat syndrome, is a form of labile hypertension in which people exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range in a clinical setting, although they do not exhibit it in other settings. It is believed that the phenomenon is due to anxiety experienced during a clinic visit. The patient's daytime ambulatory blood pressure is used as a reference as it takes into account ordinary levels of daily stress. Masked hypertension (MH) is the contrast
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_coat_hypertension
date created:
2004-11-21T03:20:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:13:13Z
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13
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