2.3 TESTING RIVA-ROCCI’S BASIC ASSUMPTIONS BY SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE TRUE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AORTIC AND BRACHIAL INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE

Background: The Riva-Rocci brachial blood pressure (BP) method purported to measure aortic BP, and this remains the cornerstone thesis of clinical BP measurement. However, few studies have confirmed this thesis with direct BP measurements. This study aimed to determine the true differences in aortic...

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Main Authors: Dean Picone*, Petr Otahal, Martin Schultz, James Sharman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Atlantis Press 2015-11-01
Series:Artery Research
Online Access:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125930709/view