[Effet blouse blanche résiduel : un outil pertinent en soins premiers?].

Background: White coat effect (WCE) and white coat hypertension (WCH) are hardly both compared in primary care.

Objective: To assess the usefulness of repeated measures of systolic blood pressure (SBP) to dissociate various forms of white-coat interactions.

Methods: An open cross-sectional study on consecutive patients treated or not for high blood pressure was made in family physicians' offices.

Dynamics of Intraprocedural Dominant Frequency Identifies Ablation Outcome in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.

The role of dominant frequency (DF) in tracking the efficiency of a stepwise catheter ablation (step-CA) in persistent atrial fibrillation (peAF) remains poorly studied. We hypothesized that the DF time-course during step-CA displays divergent patterns between patients in whom a step-CA successfully restores long-term sinus rhythm (SR) and those with recurrence. This study involved 40 consecutive patients who underwent a step-CA for peAF (sustained duration 19 ± 11 months).