Wrist blood pressure overestimates blood pressure measured at the upper arm

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-81

  Palatini, Paolo ^a   Longo, Daniele ^a   Toffanin, Gianluca ^a   Bertolo, Olivo ^a   Zaetta, Vania ^a   Pessina, Achille C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; WRIST;

EID: 2342530371     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200404000-00004     Document Type: Article

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