Frontiers in Research Review: Ambulatory and Home Blood Pressure Measurement in the Management of Hypertension Usefulness of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in daily clinical practice: Data from the Spanish ABPM registry

SUMMARY 1. Hypertension is one of the most important challenges for public health systems because of its high prevalence and its association with the risk of cardiovascular and renal diseases. 2. Adequate control of hypertension is low in population and medical settings, with physicians frequently misclassifying patients’ blood pressure status based on readings taken in the clinic rather than ambulatory blood pressure measurements (ABPM).