A Guide to Ambulatory Monitoring -- How to Instruct Your Patients

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Dr. Henry Black, president of the American Society of Hypertension, explains the usefulness of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, the short-comings of home bp, and why home bp will never replace ABPM.

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Will My Cuffs Work on Different BP Monitors?

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If you are a professional in the medical field, you know there are many different blood pressure device and cuff manufacturers in the market (e.g. GE, Welch Allyn, CasMed, Trimline, etc). You would also know that it is common for hospitals and physician's offices to use one manufacturer's blood pressure device and use a different manufacturer's BP cuffs. As a manufacturer of both blood pressure monitors and blood pressure cuffs, a common question we receive is "Will the BP cuff I am currently using work with a SunTech blood pressure monitor?"

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High Blood Pressure Leads To Memory Troubles:

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Another Reason for Accurate BP Measurement

While many people view blood pressure as simply two numbers, the importance of accurate blood pressure measurement continues to gain visibility. Typically, problems associated with high blood pressure cause us to think about heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and diabetes, but there is another negative effect of hypertension. This week, U.S. researchers released information that suggests people as young as 45 with high blood pressure are much more likely to have memory troubles.[1] The indicating factor was a high diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number).