Abstract
Several opinion leaders have monitored their blood pressure systematically a sufficient number of times a day for chronomic (time structural) analyses, from the time of encountering chronobiology until their death; they set an example for others who also may not wish to base treatment on single spotchecks in a health care office. Such self-measurements, while extremely helpful, were not readily feasible without a noteworthy interruption of activities during waking as well as of sleep. New, relatively unobtrusive instrumentation now makes monitoring possible and cost-effective and will save lives. Illustrative results and problems encountered in an as-one-goes self-survey by GSK, a physician-scientist, are presented herein. Both MESOR-hypertension and CHAT (circadian hyper-amplitude-tension) can be intermittent conditions even under treatment, and treatment is best adjusted based on monitoring, rather than "flying blind".
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | S141-S151 |
Journal | Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | SUPPL. 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2005 |
Keywords
- Blood pressure
- Heart rate
- Surveillance