Are you wondering, what is the best blood pressure monitor? You're not alone! When you search the term "blood pressure monitor" at Amazon, it returns over 500 results. That's crazy! Time for some common sense and clarity. In this video, the pharmacist dives deep into a research paper that identifies the factors that characterize an accurate blood pressure monitor for home use. He explains how the accuracy of the blood pressure monitor is associated with cost, clinical validation, and age of the device. He also reveals his top choice for a low-budget blood pressure monitor as well as a high-budget option (see links below).

OMRON Bronze Blood Pressure Monitor: [ Ссылка ]
QardioArm Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor: [ Ссылка ]
***The BP cuff I now use has changed to this and I love it: [ Ссылка ]

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00:00 Introduction
00:22 Probability that a random blood pressure monitor is accurate
01:02 Factors associated with blood pressure monitor accuracy
02:31 Is a $100 blood pressure monitor worth the cost?
03:17 #1 low-budget blood pressure monitor
04:03 #1 high-budget blood pressure monitor
05:00 How to minimize the risk of recurrent arrhythmias after ablation

Reference: Hodgkinson JA, Lee MM, Milner S, et al. Accuracy of blood-pressure monitors owned by patients with hypertension (ACCU-RATE study): a cross-sectional, observational study in central England. Br J Gen Pract. 2020;70(697):e548-e554. Published 2020 Jul 30. doi:10.3399/bjgp20X710381

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