High blood pressure in the doctor's office may not predict heart risks

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 17:35 in Health & Medicine

Continuously measuring blood pressure may help predict heart disease and related deaths among individuals with treatment-resistant hypertension, while blood pressure readings taken in a medical office do not appear to predict future heart risks, according to a report in November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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