How to assess mean blood pressure properly at the brachial artery level

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 751-755

  Bos, Willem J W ^a   Verrij, Elisabeth ^a   Vincent, Hieronymus H ^a   Westerhof, Berend E ^b   Parati, Gianfranco ^c   Van Montfrans, Gert A ^d  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b BMEYE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Mean arterial pressure; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 33947140993     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32803fb621     Document Type: Article

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