Differences in blood pressure between arms

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7851, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Dae Hyun ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84859552678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2033     Document Type: Editorial

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