Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring – (ABPM) is a diagnostic tool used to measure the arterial pressure at regular intervals during a 24 hour period. To do this the patient wears a normal blood pressure cuff connected to a small registration device attached with a belt to the waist. The blood pressure is then measured automatically … Leggi tutto
Epidemiological data indicate that cerebrovascular disease in industrialized society is the third leading cause of death after cancer and coronary heart disease. Cerebrovascular disease is also one of the most common causes of physical disability in adults and due to the increase in life expectancy of the general population more people are at risk of … Leggi tutto
The Holter ECG is a diagnostic tool used to monitor the electrical activity of the heart during a long or short time interval. The standard recording time is usually 24-48 hours, but the latest generation devices can record data up to a maximum of seven days. It is named after its inventor, the American physicist … Leggi tutto