Prognostic Significance of Between-Arm Blood Pressure Differences: Between-Arm Blood Pressure Difference and Mortality

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To the Editor:With interest we read the recent article in Hypertension by Agarwal et al.1 The authors conclude that blood pressure differences between arms are reproducible and that this difference is related to mortality.We have some concerns with the methods and conclusions of this study.1 First, is the blood pressure device that was used validated? Second, the conclusion about the reproducibility concerns a remeasurement after only 1 week. In a study that we performed …