Is it important to position arm at heart level to take blood pressure?

Question

My doctor’s office never takes my blood pressure at heart level, but always below heart level, and my pressure is usually just around cusp level between normal and elevated.
Because of this, I was told to monitor my pressure at home.
I use a medical grade arm cuff and rest my arm at heart level, and my pressure is always normal. Should I bring this up at my doctor’s office?

Answer

like the other have said, depends on the equipment. But this is also interesting: White coat hypertension (WHT), more commonly known as white coat syndrome, is a phenomenon in which people exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range, in a clinical setting, although they do not exhibit it in other settings.

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Google “white coat syndrome” it’s totally normal to be higher at the doctors office. They are probably just being cautious having you monitor at home if it’s been consistently high at appts.

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Depends on the machine you have

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It truly depends on the mashine you have.

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Depends on the machine. It's 100% to have an elevated blood pressure at the doctor, most people do.

Is it important to position arm at heart level to take blood pressure?

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