Requirements for professional office blood pressure monitors

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 537-542

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Parati, Gianfranco ^b   Asmar, Roland ^c   O'Brien, Eoin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c University Hospital Foundation for Medical Researches   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

blood pressure measurement; clinic; hypertension; office; professional; validation

Indexed keywords

ANEROID SPHYGMOMANOMETER; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; HYBRID; HYBRID SPHYGMOMANOMETER; HYPERTENSION; MERCURY SPHYGMOMANOMETER; MONITOR; OSCILLOMETRIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VALIDITY; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84857049772     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834fcfa5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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