Why Should I Use ABPM?

In general, ABPM is recognized in the medical community as a valuable tool for supporting the management of appropriate pharmacologic treatment as well as the assessment of:

• "White coat” hypertension, when elevated blood pressure measurements are recorded in the physican’s office environment while blood pressure readings outside the physician’s office are within a normal range.
• Resistant hypertension, when multiple anti-hypertensive medications fail to adequately control high blood pressure.
• Masked hypertension, when in-office measurements fall within an acceptable range, but the mean blood pressure is actually above the acceptable range.
• Hypotensive symptoms with hypertensive medications.

The diagnostic test begins with fitting a patient with a portable monitor and BP cuff. The patient leaves and returns the next day. Over this period of time, the monitor takes measurements periodically as programmed by the clinician, generally each 15-30 minutes during awake hours and 30-45 minutes during sleeping hours.

Utilizing our ABPM devices -Oscar 2 or Oscar 2 with SphygmoCor Inside - the patient returns and these measurements are transferred to a computer where they can be easily viewed and documented in a report using the AccuWin Pro^™software. You are then able to see the full picture when it comes to assessing blood pressure and diagnosing hypertension in your patient. The results of the ABPM study provide the most comprehensive representation of a patient’s complete blood pressure profile. 

When the complete picture is what you need, we are here to provide you with just that.Our ABPM devices don’t miss a step – so you won’t either.