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By Mayo Clinic staffHaving a blood pressure test doesn't have any risks to your health. The squeezing of an inflated blood pressure cuff on your arm may be uncomfortable, but it should last only a few seconds.
References
- Blood pressure testing and measurement. American Heart Association. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4470. Accessed Feb. 3, 2010.
- Screening for high blood pressure. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf07/hbp/hbprs.htm. Accessed Feb. 5, 2010.
- High blood pressure. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbp/HBP_All.html. Accessed Feb. 3, 2010.
- Chobanian AV, et al. Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 2003;42:1206.
- Low blood pressure. American Heart Association. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3034848. Accessed Feb. 3, 2010.
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