New Approaches in Hypertension Management: a Review of Current and Developing Technologies and Their Potential Impact on Hypertension Care.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Currently, around a third of people with hypertension are undiagnosed, and of those diagnosed, around half are not taking antihypertensive medications. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that high blood pressure directly or indirectly causes deaths of at least nine million people globally every year. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this review, we examine how emerging technologies might support improved detection and management of hypertension not only in the wider population but also within special population groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, and those with atrial fibrillation. RECENT FINDINGS: There is an emerging trend to empower patients to support hypertension screening and diagnosis, and several studies have sho

SUBMITTER: Kitt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483962 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature