The Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of an Auscultatory Gap in Systemic Sclerosis Patients

Table 2

Manual blood pressure in SSc patients with auscultatory gap.

Patient	Manual BP without radial pulse occlusion (MA)	Manual BP after pause (TF)	Manual BP with radial pulse palpation (TF)	Auscultatory Gap
1	120/62	118/68	126/62	8
2	130/68	132/72	144/74	12**
3	110/60	112/60	118/62	6
4	104/64	102/68	110/70	8
5	136/64	138/60	148/62	10**
6	114/60	110/54	116/62	6
7	128/80	128/78	136/76	8*
8	126/68	122/68	132/70	10*
9	110/70	104/70	112/64	8
10	110/60	108/64	114/72	6

SSc: systemic sclerosis; BP; blood pressure; MA: medical assistant; TF: Tracy Frech; *change to prehypertensive; **change to hypertensive.