24 & 48 hour Blood Pressure Monitoring

At your consultation, our Nurse or GP will fit an inflatable blood pressure cuff to your left or right upper arm. Over the next 24 / 48 hours, the cuff will measure your blood pressure at half-hour intervals during the day and at hourly intervals during the night. The results will be recorded on a monitor which is stored in a small bag you can wear across your body. The monitor is small enough to be worn under your clothing to be discreet.

The monitor will ‘beep’ to let you know that the cuff is going to inflate. When you hear this noise, all you have to do is straighten and relax your left arm so the cuff can inflate and the monitor can obtain an accurate reading. If, for any reason, the monitor is unable to take a reading, it will try again 5 minutes later.

Once 24 / 48 hours have passed, you will return to the clinic to have the cuff and monitor removed. The data from the monitor will then be downloaded and if you choose, can be analysed by one of our expert Cardiologists who will then explain the results to you in a report. Depending on the results, you may be required to take medication to manage your blood pressure.