Sensor In Artery Measures Blood Pressure

High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made easier by a pressure sensor that is inserted in the femoral artery. If a person’s blood flows through their arteries at too high a pressure, even when they are lying still on the sofa, they could be in danger.

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Filed under: Hypertension on January 25th, 2009