False detection of atrial fibrillation in children by a blood pressure monitor with atrial fibrillation detection function

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cheung, Adrian Justin ^a   Cheung, Bernard Man Yung ^b  

^a Tonbridge School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 84921632629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207974     Document Type: Article

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