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According to the Ministry of Health of Brazil, in the survey published in 2017, around 141,878 deaths were related to hypertension or related causes. The most aggravating factor of these data is that among these cases, the 37% is personas under 70 years old.

This data comes to confirm that, year after year, the hypertensive disease has been affecting more people and reaching young people, which is very worrying.

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Faced with this panorama, cardiologists in Brazil have developed an application to help in the treatment of hypertension in their patients.

The application is like a diary arterial pressure controll, where the patient records his prison measurement data.

AMPA Application

The application AMPA (Automatic Blood Pressure Measurement), developed by the company Beliva, is available free of charge in application stores.

With it, users can record their daily blood pressure measurements, adding data such as age, weight and other health problems such as diabetes and cholesterol levels.

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“In this case, AMPA is very useful in helping doctors control the hypertension at a distance. The application also allows communication between the professional and the patient. But it's worth saying: anyone can access and download the tool.”

“The APP allows the user to enter the data of measurements carried out with their own device at home and receive the data of these measurements. Once listed, you can send it to your trusted doctor for evaluation”, says Audes Feitosa, one of the creators of the app.

Several cardiology clinics of the country has reached the application, surpassing the mark of 1,000 clinics. This number indicates that the doctors approved the request.

The application allows the doctor to control the patient's health status remotely, outside the doctor's surroundings, on a daily basis. Furthermore, it helps with the diagnosis and prognosis of hypertension, and shows the results of treatments and therapeutic interventions.

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The application was conceived in the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco, with the support of the Japanese company Omron Healthcare, of medical devices.

The cardiologists who conceived the application from the following Brazilian states: Pernambuco, Alagoas, São Paulo, Río de Janeiro, Río Grande do Sul and Goiás. Sons: Andréa Brandão, Audes Feitosa, Marco Mota, Weimar Sebba and Roberto Miranda.

The AMPA application can be downloaded to systems android and iOS.