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Hypertension
Omron Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor with Augmentation Index's Utility Spurs Revision of Hypertension Treatment Guidelines
July 22nd, 2007
The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases is set to improve worldwide following the recent amendment to the treatment guidelines, which was encouraged by Omron Healthcare's non-invasive blood pressure monitor with augmentation index, the HEM-9000AI. At the 17th European Meeting on Hypertension held June 15-19, 2007, in Milan, Italy, delegates agreed to make the first revision to hypertension treatment guidelines in four years by deciding to add central aortic pressure to the list of blood pressure indicators to be measured in hypertension management. In addition to having new non-invasive technologies...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2007-07-22)
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