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Blood Pressure and Its Measurement

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The Art and Science of Cardiac Physical Examination

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The purpose of the arterial system is to provide oxygenated blood to the tissues by converting the intermittent cardiac output into a continuous capillary flow and this is achieved by the structural organization of the arterial system.

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  1. University of Toronto and St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Narasimhan Ranganathan & Vahe Sivaciyan

  2. School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Franklin B. Saksena

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  1. University of Toronto and St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Narasimhan Ranganathan MBBS, FRCP(C), FACP, FACC, FAHA  & Vahe Sivaciyan MD, FRCP(C)  & 

  2. Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Franklin B. Saksena MD, FACC, FAHA, FRCP(C), FACP

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Ranganathan, N., Sivaciyan, V., Saksena, F.B. (2006). Blood Pressure and Its Measurement. In: Ranganathan, N., Sivaciyan, V., Saksena, F.B. (eds) The Art and Science of Cardiac Physical Examination. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-023-2_3

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