Should arm positioning matter in the diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension and hypertension?

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¹ Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas do Centro Universitário Cesmac/Hospital do Coração de Alagoas, Maceió, AL.
² Pronto Socorro Cardiológico de Pernambuco (PROCAPE), University of Pernambuco.
³ UNICAP Clinical Research Institute, Recife, PE.
⁴ School of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, Fundação Educacional Lucas Machado, Belo Horizonte.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Annelise M G Paiva et al. J Hypertens. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 1;42(1):186-188.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003571. Epub 2023 Nov 30.

¹ Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas do Centro Universitário Cesmac/Hospital do Coração de Alagoas, Maceió, AL.
² Pronto Socorro Cardiológico de Pernambuco (PROCAPE), University of Pernambuco.
³ UNICAP Clinical Research Institute, Recife, PE.
⁴ School of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, Fundação Educacional Lucas Machado, Belo Horizonte.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Orthostatic hypotension an important phenotype in the 2023 European Society of Hypertension guidelines: how to measure it?
Kreutz R, Palatini P, Stergiou G, Mancia G. Kreutz R, et al. J Hypertens. 2024 Jan 1;42(1):188-189. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003618. Epub 2023 Nov 30. J Hypertens. 2024. PMID: 38033258 No abstract available.

2023 ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension: Endorsed by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) and the European Renal Association (ERA).
Mancia G, Kreutz R, Brunström M, Burnier M, Grassi G, Januszewicz A, Muiesan ML, Tsioufis K, Agabiti-Rosei E, Algharably EAE, Azizi M, Benetos A, Borghi C, Hitij JB, Cifkova R, Coca A, Cornelissen V, Cruickshank JK, Cunha PG, Danser AHJ, Pinho RM, Delles C, Dominiczak AF, Dorobantu M, Doumas M, Fernández-Alfonso MS, Halimi JM, Járai Z, Jelaković B, Jordan J, Kuznetsova T, Laurent S, Lovic D, Lurbe E, Mahfoud F, Manolis A, Miglinas M, Narkiewicz K, Niiranen T, Palatini P, Parati G, Pathak A, Persu A, Polonia J, Redon J, Sarafidis P, Schmieder R, Spronck B, Stabouli S, Stergiou G, Taddei S, Thomopoulos C, Tomaszewski M, Van de Borne P, Wanner C, Weber T, Williams B, Zhang ZY, Kjeldsen SE. Mancia G, et al. J Hypertens. 2023 Dec 1;41(12):1874-2071. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003480. Epub 2023 Sep 26. J Hypertens. 2023. PMID: 37345492

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