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Measurement of blood pressure in people with atrial fibrillation

Abstract:
Current validation protocols for assessing the accuracy of blood pressure monitors exclude people with atrial fibrillation, except in special circumstances [1]. Hypertension guidelines advise manual blood pressure measurement in the presence of arrhythmia. They also promote home and ambulatory monitoring for diagnosis of hypertension, which necessarily requires automated devices [2]. Few studies of automated blood pressure measurement with atrial fibrillation have been undertaken, and none in full accordance with internationally recognised protocols. We recently reported a systematic review and meta-analysis of accuracy of oscillometric devices for blood pressure measurement in atrial fibrillation [3]. The recommendations presented here are based on that review, supplemented by consensus expert opinion of the Blood Pressure Measurement Working Party of the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS).
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1038/s41371-019-0261-4

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Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-3638-028X


Publisher:
Springer Nature
Journal:
Journal of Human Hypertension More from this journal
Volume:
33
Issue:
11
Pages:
763-765
Publication date:
2019-10-02
Acceptance date:
2019-07-17
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EISSN:
1476-5527
ISSN:
0950-9240
Pmid:
31578456


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1063420
Local pid:
pubs:1063420
Deposit date:
2020-05-12

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