Evaluation of a new ambulatory blood pressure device
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring evaluation of a semi-automated device.
The accuracy of a semi-automated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring device (the Instrumedix 'Personal Blood Pressure Transmitter') was assessed in 36 patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterisation. Blood pressure readings measured by the device and by a standard manual sphygmomanometer were compared with simultaneous intra-aortic pressure measured directly via the catheter. No measure...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(98)00147-2