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In Person Lecture: What About the False Negatives? An Examination of Masked Hypertension

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Anthony Viera, M.D., MPH, FAHA

Anthony Viera, M.D., MPH, FAHA

Leonard J. & Margaret Goldwater Distinguished Professor
Chair, Family Medicine and Community Health
Duke University School of Medicine
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Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture: What About the False Negatives? An Examination of Masked Hypertension

Date: Feb. 16, 2024

Time: 1 to 2 p.m.

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About this Seminar

Blood pressure (BP) measurement in the clinical office, while the main strategy for diagnosing hypertension, is fraught with limitations. The phenotype of elevated BP in the office with non-elevated BP outside the office, deemed white-coat hypertension, is well-recognized. The opposite scenario, termed masked hypertension, is much less known and rarely addressed clinically, even though it is an extremely common phenotype conferring substantial cardiovascular risk. In this seminar, Dr. Viera will share some of his research exploring efforts to develop a feasible strategy to detect this form of hypertension.

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This is a free event hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. The Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series hosts clinician scientists who are exploring frontiers of medicine. These lectures are principally intended for Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students and Virginia Tech students in the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health graduate program. Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic faculty, staff, and students may also attend.

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