Interarm blood pressure measurement and the reference-arm assignment variability

Objective
The arm with the higher blood pressure (BP) is assigned as the follow up arm for hypertensive patients (reference-arm). We evaluated the reproducibility of this assignment.
Methods
BP was measured simultaneously on both arms with a double cuff validated device in two visits separated

Source: Blood Pressure Monitoring - September 10, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Analytical Methods Source Type: research