Inter-arm blood pressure difference and mortality: A cohort study in an asymptomatic primary care population at elevated cardiovascular risk

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 646, 2016, Pages e297-e308

  Clark, Christopher E ^a   Taylor, Rod S ^a   Butcher, Isabella ^b   Stewart, Marlene C W ^b   Price, Jackie ^b   Fowkes, Gerald R ^b   Shore, Angela C ^a   Campbell, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort studies; Inter arm difference; Primary care; Subclavian artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCOTLAND; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ARM; ASPIRIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84969246773     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X684949     Document Type: Article

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