NEW BP-measuring device

A new blood pressure (BP) measuring device that provides, along with all the conventional cardiovascular parameters, the cardiac stroke volume, peripheral resistance and arterial augmentation, has been developed at the Austrian Research Centre (ARC), Vienna-Seibersdorf. The result of seven years' work by researchers, the device, named CardioMon, is now ready for sale.

The ARC refers to one study in particular to underline the need for their advanced measuring system. Conducted during a Vienna Cardiovascular Events programme in 2005, within one week the blood pressure of 7,018 patients was measured. Of those, 1,109 people were receiving treatments. However, only 175 were being correctly regulated, mainly because conventional blood pressure measuring methods could only indicate symptoms, but not the cause of problems. For those, invasive methods, such as catheterisation, have been necessary. The ARC reports that its CardioMon will make such a difference to this, that it will have supplanted all conventional blood pressure measuring tools in just a few years.

01.09.2007

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