Predictors and Criteria for Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Arterial Hypertension by Means of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (Literature Review and Own Results Analysis)

Introduction. Studies on the clinical significance of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with arterial with hypertension as predictor of future adverse cardiovascular events are far from complete.

The aim of the study. To analyze current literature database and own results in the evaluation of clinical significance of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with arterial hypertension as predictors and criteria for predicting adverse cardiovascular events.

Materials and methods. As much as 56 sources of literature and results of own research evaluating clinical significance of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with arterial hypertension predicting adverse cardiovascular events was highlighted.

Results. The analysis of available literature and results of our own research prove that ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a powerful prognostic marker of target organ damage. It is the indisputable advantage of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with regard to the detection of prognostic unfavorable cardiovascular events in patients with arterial hypertension.

Conclusions. The high informative value of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for predicting future adverse cardiovascular events has been proven and the criteria for their prediction have been clarified.