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(It's best to take blood pressure from the left arm, if possible.) Rest in a chair next to a table for five to 10 minutes. (Your left arm should rest comfortably at heart level.) Sit up straight with your back against the chair, legs uncrossed. Rest your forearm on the table with the palm of your hand facing up.
The left arm is the preferred arm to take your BP with. The brachial artery braches straight off the Aorta and provides a reading closer to the values of the Aorta than the right arm. For the right arm the blood must travel through the brachialcephalic artery and then splits into the common carotid and the brachial artery.