Hypertension in low-and middle-income countries

AE Schutte, N Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
In recent decades low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been witnessing a
significant shift toward raised blood pressure; yet in LMICs, only 1 in 3 are aware of their …

[HTML][HTML] Blood pressure and its variability: classic and novel measurement techniques

AE Schutte, A Kollias, GS Stergiou - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022 - nature.com
Current hypertension guidelines recommend using the average values of several blood
pressure (BP) readings obtained both in and out of the office for the diagnosis and …

[HTML][HTML] World heart federation roadmap for hypertension–A 2021 update

P Jeemon, T Séverin, C Amodeo, D Balabanova… - Global Heart, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The World Heart Federation (WHF) Roadmap series covers a large range of
cardiovascular conditions. These Roadmaps identify potential roadblocks and their solutions …

[HTML][HTML] 2021 World Health Organization guideline on pharmacological treatment of hypertension: Policy implications for the region of the Americas

NRC Campbell, MP Burnens, PK Whelton… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and raised
blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. In the Americas over a quarter of adult …

[HTML][HTML] Advancement in the cuffless and noninvasive measurement of blood pressure: A review of the literature and open challenges

MMR Khan Mamun, A Sherif - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hypertension is a chronic condition that is one of the prominent reasons behind
cardiovascular disease, brain stroke, and organ failure. Left unnoticed and untreated, the …

How to check whether a blood pressure monitor has been properly validated for accuracy

DS Picone, R Padwal, NRC Campbell… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hypertension guidelines recommend that blood pressure (BP) should be measured using a
monitor that has passed validation testing for accuracy. BP monitors that have not …

[HTML][HTML] Smartwatch-based blood pressure measurement demonstrates insufficient accuracy

M Falter, M Scherrenberg, K Driesen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Novel smartwatch-based cuffless blood pressure (BP) measuring devices are
coming to market and receive FDA and CE labels. These devices are often insufficiently …

[HTML][HTML] HEARTS in the Americas: a global example of using clinically validated automated blood pressure devices in cardiovascular disease prevention and …

P Ordunez, C Lombardi, DS Picone, TM Brady… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of illness burden in the Americas,
causing over 2 million deaths in 2017, a third of deaths overall for that year. While striking …

Development of electrical transduction based wearable tactile sensors for human vital signs monitor: Fundamentals, methodologies and applications

VS Kumar, C Krishnamoorthi - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021 - Elsevier
With the advent of advanced materials processing techniques, and physical sensors' output
data acquisition, transmission and processing by embedded systems through internet of …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life in the general population of Mongolia: Normative data on WHOQOL-BREF

E Bat-Erdene, T Hiramoto, E Tumurbaatar… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
No data on the quality of life (QOL) of the general population are available for Mongolia. This
study aimed to determine normative data on the World Health Organization Quality of Life …