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Received: 2013.5.14, Revised: 2013.9.23, Accepted: 2013.9.23 Correspondence to: Yun-Jin Kim, MD Address: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 602-739, Korea Tel: +82-51-240-7834, Fax: +82-51-242-8671 E-mail: yujkim@pusan.ac.kr Blood pressure (BP) measurement is the most common investigation performed in primary care. Precise monitor of BP is important for early detection, treatment, prevention of hypertension. However, patients are often encountered in the clinical setting with a different systolic BP (SBP) or diastolic BP (DBP) in each arm. The presence of difference between arm BP can result in a delayed di❙Original Article❙ Vol. 19, No. 3, September 2013 ISSN 2233-8136, eISSN 2233-8454, http://dx.doi.org/10.5646/jksh.2013.19.3.71 Copyright 2013. The Korean Society of Hypertension c Association of Inter-arm Blood Pressure Difference with Atherosclerosis in Patients without Cardiovascular Diseases

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