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. 2025 Apr;48(4):1656-1659.
doi: 10.1038/s41440-025-02140-z. Epub 2025 Feb 13.

Home blood pressure-based treatment with hypertension specialists: a better strategy for overcoming uncontrolled blood pressure

Atsushi Sakima  1
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Home blood pressure-based treatment with hypertension specialists: a better strategy for overcoming uncontrolled blood pressure

Atsushi Sakima. Hypertens Res. 2025 Apr.

Abstract

Schematic illustration of home BP-based treatment supported by hypertension specialists to overcome clinical inertia. The combination of support and feedback from hypertension specialists to patients and primary care physicians may improve the antihypertensive efficacy of HBPM. BP blood pressure, HBPM home blood pressure monitoring.

Keywords: Clinical inertia; Home blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension specialist; Uncontrolled blood pressure.

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Compliance with ethical standards. Conflict of interest: The author declares no competing interest.

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