Systolic blood pressure targets, diastolic J curve and cuff artefact in blood pressure measurement: a note of caution

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J D Spence. Eur J Neurol. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;24(11):1323-1325.

doi: 10.1111/ene.13442. Epub 2017 Sep 22.

¹ Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.

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