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. 2022 Apr 19;19(10):643–654. doi: 10.1038/s41569-022-00690-0

Fig. 1. History of blood pressure assessment and technology development.

Fig. 1

a | The timeline depicts the key milestones in the history of blood pressure (BP) measurement, beginning with the first recorded measurement of BP levels, performed in a horse in 1733. b | The number of registered patents with the words ‘blood pressure’ in their title has risen steadily since 1897. The data for the graph were extracted from www.scopus.com. ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring.