Microlife WatchBP Office Central Instruction Manual page 2

Preface
The WatchBP Office Central has been validated against simultaneous recorded intra-arterial blood pressure measurement, which is the gold standard for
validation of central blood pressure measurement, and showed extreme high accuracy
for accuracy in blood pressure measurement (A/A) and is equipped with innovative screening tools such as:
• An implemented atrial fibrillation (Afib) detection system that has proven excellent accuracy
Clinical health and Excellence (NICE) in the UK
• Two arm cuffs that allow simultaneous blood pressure measurement of both arms for accurate determination of inter-arm blood pressure differences
This mode is highly supported by the latest ESH guidelines (2013) stating that Inter-arm difference in blood pressure is only meaningful when obtained from
simultaneous arm blood pressure measurement
• Ankle-brachial index (ABI) performance that is validated against Doppler for accuracy with positive results and additionally showed that the assessment led
to a significant time reduction as compared to Doppler
registration and calculation failures
1. Cheng, H.M., et al., Measurement Accuracy of a Stand-Alone Oscillometric Central Blood Pressure Monitor: A Validation Report for Microlife WatchBP Office Central. Am J Hypertens. 2013. 26: 42-50.
2. Stergiou, G.S., et al., Diagnostic accuracy of a home blood pressure monitor to detect atrial fibrillation. J Hum Hypertens, 2009. 23: 654-8.
3. Wiesel, J., et al., Detection of atrial fibrillation using a modified microlife blood pressure monitor. Am J Hypertens, 2009. 22: 848-52.
4. NICE, WatchBP Home A for opportunistically detecting atrial fibrillation during diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension. http://guidance.nice.org.uk/MTG13, 2013.
5. Lohmann, F.W., et al., Interarm differences in blood pressure should be determined by measuring both arms simultaneously with an automatic oscillometric device. Blood Press Monit, 2011. 16: 37-42.
6. Stergiou, G.S., et al., Automated device that complies with current guidelines for office blood pressure measurement: design and pilot application study of the Microlife WatchBP Office device. Blood Press
Monit, 2008. 13: 231-5.
7. Mancia, G., et al., 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of
the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). J of Hypertens. 2013, 31:1281–1357.
8. Kollias, A., et al., Automated determination of the ankle-brachial index using an oscillometric blood pressure monitor: validation vs. Doppler measurement and cardiovascular risk factor profile. Hypertens Res,
2011. 34: 825-30.
9. Verberk, W.J., et al., Automated oscillometric determination of the ankle-brachial index: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hypertens Res, 2012. 35: 883-91.
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. Finally, the automated calculation of the ABI value guarantees uniformity and prevents errors due to
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. The WatchBP central has passed the validation protocol of the BHS
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