Should the measurement of blood pressure in the office be redefined?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1906-1908

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Parati, Gianfranco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84866528768     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328358a221     Document Type: Review

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