If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure), your doctor might ask you to monitor your blood pressure at home. The key to testing your own blood pressure is making sure you're doing it correctly.
In this video, learn the most common mistakes people make when testing their blood pressure at home.
Dr. Bloom is a Cardiologist, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America.
Rachel Bond, MD, FACC, is a Cardiologist at Dignity Health and served as Associate Director of the Women's Heart Health Program at Northwell Health, Lenox Hill Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
Dr. Bhusri is an attending cardiologist at the Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute and an assistant professor of cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
References
American Heart Association. (2023). Monitoring your blood pressure at home.
George, J., et al. (2015). Home blood pressure monitoring. European Cardiology Review.
Tucker, K. L., et al. (2017). Self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine.
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