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ALVAREZ BATARD, Germinal; RUSO, Raúl; PEREZ CABALLERO, Manuel Delfín  e  FERNANDEZ ARIAS, Manuel Antonio. Clinical manual of the ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure. Rev cubana med [online]. 2006, vol.45, n.4. ISSN 0034-7523.

The present manual, offers a detailed and practical information of the applications, advantages, contribution to the diagnosis of high blood pressure, prognostic variables, and other interesting data. The bases giving rise to this HYPERMAX equipment, and the study and interpretation method - HYPERMAP - for patients with high blood pressure or with suspicion of it, are dealt with. The values and figures accepted to consider a person as hypertensive, as well as the different conditions that can be detected using this method, on collecting the variations in the daily cycle or circadian rhythm of blood pressure, are exposed. With this special paper we hope to contribute to a better knowledge of the medicine professionals, and to make them understand the practical usefulness of the study of this manual for the care of patients with high blood pressure

Palavras-chave : Ambulatory monitoring; blood pressure.