title: [Preliminary evaluation of the Profilomat, a new portable blood pressure recorder].
abstract: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is increasingly used in clinical evaluation of the hypertensive patient. The aim of the present study is to investigate the accuracy of non-invasive blood pressure measurements provided by the Profilomat, a new portable, automatic blood pressure recorder, in normotensive subjects and hypertensive patients. The results showed a good correlation between the blood pressure values measured by this apparatus and those determined simultaneously by the conventional auscultatory method (sphygmomanometer). Thus, the Profilomat appears to be a useful instrument for study of arterial blood pressure outside the doctor's office.
authors.affiliation: Division d'hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ganslmayer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perret
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waeber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nussberger
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Brunner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001314:Auscultation; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
vernacular_title: Evaluation préliminaire du Profilomat, un nouvel enregistreur portatif de la pression artérielle.