Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in human and experimental animals; part 1: blood pressure measurement in humans.

To the Editor: The members of the Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in the Young Committee of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young believe it is of clinical importance to point out a discrepancy in the cuff size section of the recent American Heart Association Scientific Statement “Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans.”1 On page 705 of that document, the report states that “the ‘ideal’ cuff should have a …