Banks M J, Erb N, George P, Pace A, Kitas G D
Department of Rheumatology, The Guest Hospital, Dudley, DY1 4SE, West Midlands, UK.
J Hum Hypertens. 2001 Aug;15(8):573-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001247.
Hypertension and its cause may be missed by failure to measure blood pressure in both arms. We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis where diagnostic confusion arose because there was a failure to detect a difference in blood pressure between the arms.