Study Finds that Home Blood Pressure Monitors Are Inaccurate 70 Percent of the Time (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Study Finds that Home Blood Pressure Monitors Are Inaccurate 70 Percent of the Time

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A study led by Jennifer Ringrose, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Alberta, examined dozens of home blood pressure monitors and found that most were unacceptable inaccurate.

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Melissa Fabrizio

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