SIIA 2024

The 41. Congress of the Italian Arterial Hypertension Association (Società Italiana dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa, SIIA) is taking place from 26. to 28. September 2024 in Brescia, Italy. This is MESI’s very first attendance of this event and we are looking forward to showing you the MESI mTABLET diagnostic system: our innovation featuring diverse blood pressure measurements on one device.  

Proper blood pressure measurement is essential for discovering hypertension and for proper monitoring of patients who have been diagnosed with this condition. The MESI mTABLET has 4 blood pressure monitors (one on each arm and one on each leg), so many different blood pressure indices can be measured: 

• According to experts, automatic blood pressure measuring is much more effective than traditional blood pressure measuring. This helps to detect conditions like white coat hypertension. For this reason, the MESI mTABLET features averaging blood pressure (aBP). 

• The patient’s blood pressure in the different limbs (left leg/right leg, left arm/right arm) can be effectively compared. On the MESI mTABLET, the blood pressure in the arms can be compared with the dual blood pressure (DBP) and dual averaging blood pressure (aDBP) apps. 

• Comparing the blood pressure in the leg arteries to the blood pressure in the arms yields the Ankle-Brachial Index, an effective indicator of the Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). PAD is dangerous cardiovascular condition mostly affecting the leg arteries and leading to a very high risk of stroke and heart attack. 

• The patient’s pulse wave velocity (PWV) and thus their arterial age can be estimated and contrasted to their actual age. 

All this helps determine how threatened an individual is by cardiovascular diseases and determine the area in the body that they affect. Visit the MESI stall to find out more!