Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm:  a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis

Matthew Banks; N Erb; P George; A Pace; George Kitas

doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001247

Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm: a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis

Matthew Banks, N Erb, P George, A Pace, George Kitas

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Hypertension and its cause may be missed by failure to measure blood pressure in both arms. We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis where diagnostic confusion arose because there was a failure to detect a difference in blood pressure between the arms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	573-5
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Human Hypertension
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001247
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2001

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Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm: a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis

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