Pulse wave velocity in white coat and masked hypertension

Out-of-office blood pressure (BP) measurement has given the opportunity to detect various hypertension phenotypes. Among them, white coat hypertension (WCH), ie, high clinic and normal out-of-office BP and masked hypertension (MH), that is, normal clinic and high out-of-office BP have been extensively studied in the past years. Their prognostic relevance1-3 and target organ involvement,4-6 which is frequently an intermediate stage toward...