A tool for reliable self-home blood pressure monitoring designed according to the European Society of Hypertension recommendations: The Microlife WatchBP Home monitor

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Jaenecke, Bernd ^b   Giovas, Periklis P ^a   Chang, Arron ^c   Chung Yueh, Yen ^c   Tan, Ty Minh ^b  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Microlife AG   (Switzerland)

^c Microlife Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; European Society of Hypertension; Home blood pressure; Hypertension; Microlife; Self measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF MONITORING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33947175152     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32809efa38     Document Type: Article

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