Open AccessTelemedicine and out-of-office blood pressure monitoring: up-to-date view of ESC/ESH
Author(s) -
M. Ionov,
Надежда Звартау,
Alexandra Konradi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
arterialʹnaâ gipertenziâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2411-8524
pISSN - 1607-419X
DOI - 10.18705/1607-419x-2018-24-6-631-636
Subject(s) - telemedicine , notice , telehealth , medicine , blood pressure , ambulatory blood pressure , task (project management) , digital health , medical emergency , health care , intensive care medicine , political science , engineering , systems engineering , law
The 2018 Joint Guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension Specialists present a successful attempt to revise the approach to one of the most prevalent health problems worldwide. For more than two years, a Task Force of experts from the two Societies have assessed and have investigated the most recent scientific advances in the field of hypertension (HTN) in order to provide doctors with the adequate diagnostic tools, evaluation of cardiovascular risk and the optimal drug treatment. Undoubtedly, among a number of crucial changes of target blood pressure (BP) range along with the new sections dedicated to HTN in different circumstances, one can notice equally valuable, albeit subtle remarks about out-of-office BP and closely related telehealth. Extensive use of ambulatory and self-BP monitoring forced to match it to office BP. Booming information and communication technologies applied successfully in various therapeutic areas and have taken place in the Guidelines. From now digital health becomes a piece of the follow-up and adherence control. This brief report highlights the current position of European experts on telemedicine and outpatient methods of monitoring blood pressure.