Accuracy of the visomat handy wrist blood pressure measuring device according to the International Protocol

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 281-284

  Saladini, Francesca ^a   Benetti, Elisabetta ^a   Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

device; home blood pressure; hypertension; self measurement; validation; wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WRIST;

EID: 77957574532     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32833e50f2     Document Type: Article

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