Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: Which arm?

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-230

  O'Shea, J C ^a   Murphy, M B ^a  

^a MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Left arm; Right arm; White coat effect

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034118965     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000998     Document Type: Article

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