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Discovery of New Blood Pressure Phenotypes and Relation to Accuracy of Cuff Devices Used in Daily Clinical Practice.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jun 2018
Picone Dean S, Schultz Martin G, Peng Xiaoqing, Black J Andrew, Dwyer Nathan, Roberts-Thomson Philip, Chen Chen-Huan, Cheng Hao-Min, Pucci Giacomo, Wang Ji-Guang, Sharman James E
Abstract excerpt
Cuff blood pressure (BP) is the reference standard for management of high BP, but the method is inaccurate and can lead to BP misclassification. The aims of this study were to determine whether distinctive BP phenotypes exist based on BP transmission (amplification) variability from central-to-peripheral arteries and whether applying one standard cuff BP measurement approach (eg, oscillometry) to all people could...
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