The Journal of cardiovascular nursing
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Comparative Study
Comparison of noninvasive blood pressure measurements in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Limited research is available on the accuracy of automatic blood pressure (BP) measurement devices in patients with irregular rhythms. The purpose of this study was to examine the agreement between different methods for noninvasive BP measurement in patients with atrial fibrillation. ⋯ This study confirms that in the presence of irregular cardiac rhythms, diastolic BP and heart rate cannot reliably be measured with an automated BP device.