What to do when faced with an unmeasurable ambulatory blood pressure?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-453

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ambulatory blood pressure measurement; diabetes; forearm blood pressure measurement; large arm circumference; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FOREARM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79951659479     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834192ef     Document Type: Article

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