Effect of inter-arm blood pressure differences on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention

BackgroundWe investigated the effect of inter-arm blood pressure differences (IABPD) on the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes of patients with coronary artery diseases.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the data of blood pressures measured simultaneously in the bilateral arms of 855 patients (560 males) who underwent PCI with drug-eluting stents for coronary artery diseases. IABPD was defined as the difference of blood pressure...