Validation of the TONOPORT V ambulatory blood pressure monitor according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol for Validation of Blood Pressure Measuring Devices in Adults

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 255-260

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a   Atkins, Neil ^a   Murphy, Anne ^a   Lyons, Simon ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Adult; Ambulatory blood pressure measurement; European Society of Hypertension; International Protocol; TONOPORT V; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOCORDER; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAPE RECORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY SIZE; DIASTOLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 4143085937     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200312000-00006     Document Type: Article

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