[Diagnostic and therapeutic significance of automatic circadian monitoring in hypertension].

A noninvasive, fully automatic blood pressure monitoring system has been developed to make the measurement of blood pressure more reliable and to help individualizing anti-hypertensive therapy. The authors draw attention to the importance of the circadian blood pressure variability and the "white coat hypertension" phenomenon. The error due to overlooking the changes in circadian blood pressure and to the "white coat" effect could be avoided with automatic blood pressure monitoring.

Computerized automatic non-invasive blood pressure monitoring system.

A non-invasive, fully automatic blood pressure monitoring system was developed to make the diagnosis of hypertension more accurate and to help individualizing antihypertensive therapy. The system consists of two subunits: the automatic microprocessor-controlled blood pressure monitor (Nippon Colin Co. BP 203) and a microcomputer system (Commodore 64).