Brachial BP substantially overestimates aortic BP in adolescents because of marked aortic-to-brachial pulse pressure amplification. The use of brachial BP measurement may result in an overdiagnosis of hypertension during screening in adolescence.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- aortic valve
- hypertensive patients
- peripheral artery disease
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- depressive symptoms
- aortic dissection
- heart rate
- young adults
- physical activity
- heart failure
- blood glucose
- type diabetes
- pulmonary hypertension
- skeletal muscle
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- atrial fibrillation