24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
24-hour blood pressure monitoring records your blood pressure over a full day to detect undetected hypertension and assess treatment effectiveness.
- Self-pay
- Appointment on request
What is 24-hour blood pressure monitoring?
24-hour blood pressure monitoring records your blood pressure over 24 hours — including during sleep. The exam is important for detecting masked or "white coat" hypertension, assessing the effectiveness of antihypertensive medications, and assessing the day-night profile. The blood pressure cuff measures fully automatically every 15-30 minutes. You can lead your normal life during this time.
PROCESS
How It Works
During the measurement, the patient wears a portable monitoring system consisting of a small recording device and a connected upper-arm blood pressure cuff. Over a period of 24 hours, the cuff inflates automatically at set intervals — every 15 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes at night. When the cuff inflates, the patient should keep their arm as still as possible and hold it at heart level. As the air is slowly released, the device records pulse-synchronised amplitude fluctuations and thereby determines the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The small recorder stores the measured blood pressure values and heart rate. Between 40 and 60 measurements produce a blood pressure profile.
What Information Does Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Provide?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a simple and risk-free method of obtaining important information about the cardiovascular system. During the examination, two values are measured repeatedly: the upper (systolic) value and the lower (diastolic) value. The doctor also obtains information about mean values during the day and at night. The patient simultaneously keeps a log of their activities throughout a day with a normal daily routine. This helps the evaluating doctor to attribute blood pressure changes to specific activities.
The recorded blood pressure day-profile serves both for the diagnosis of arterial hypertension and for monitoring the progress of pharmacological therapy. During sleep, blood pressure normally falls by 10 to 20 per cent. If there is a suspected disturbance of the day-night rhythm of blood pressure, ambulatory monitoring can also provide important data in this regard.
HOW IT WORKS
How an Appointment Works
We take time for thorough diagnostics and an individual treatment plan.
- 1
History & Consultation
We discuss your symptoms, medical history, and lifestyle in detail and take time for your questions.
~15 min
- 2
Clinical Examination
A thorough physical examination and, if needed, additional diagnostics (e.g., blood draw, ECG, ultrasound).
~15-20 min
- 3
Findings & Diagnosis
We discuss your results and explain what they mean for your health in clear terms.
~10 min
- 4
Treatment Plan & Follow-up
Together we develop an individual treatment plan and arrange follow-up appointments as needed.
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PREPARATION & AFTERCARE
Preparation & Aftercare
Before the appointment
Bring your insurance card
Please remember your health insurance card and any referral if applicable.
Pack previous findings
Current findings, doctor's letters, or imaging from previous treatments help us provide better care.
Medication list
A current list of your medications (incl. dosage) is very helpful.
After the appointment
Follow your treatment plan
Stick to the agreed treatment plan and medication intake.
Schedule follow-up
Arrange a follow-up appointment promptly for monitoring.
Report worsening symptoms
Contact us if your symptoms worsen or new symptoms appear.
Costs & insurance
Private / self-pay
from €79