…infusion of agents to stress the AV node and His Purkinje system, such as isoproterenol and/or procainamide. EPS with isoproterenol is also recommended for…

…oscillometric measurement becomes unreliable), lymphoedema or a dialysis fistula in both arms, an arm circumference too large for the available cuffs, and in a patient…

…at home, generally with a validated upper arm oscillometric device. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM): automated measurement, usually over 24 hours, at predefined intervals. Inter…

…hypertension should be reserved for patients in whom the diagnosis has been carefully confirmed. Apparent resistant hypertension may result from: Inaccurate or inconsistent blood pressure…

…cardiac MRI, long term ambulatory monitoring, electrophysiological study, PET, SPECT, genetic profiling — add information but are too costly or invasive to screen a population. The…

…both acute and ambulatory presentations, but the appropriate thresholds differ substantially according to the clinical setting. Values obtained in the emergency department for acute dyspnoea…

…is useful for screening and population level risk estimation, but it does not characterize body composition, fat distribution, skeletal muscle mass, physical fitness or individual…

…continue drug therapy. It is very common that patients with bradycardia have a strong indication for drugs that aggravate or even cause the bradycardia; in…