Remote monitoring of blood pressure can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, cardiologist Sergey Boytsov (Russia) said.

According to RIA Novosti, the specialist considers remote blood pressure monitoring to be an effective way to reduce disability and mortality rates.

According to the specialist, over the past few years, remote monitoring of blood pressure has been conducted in several regions of Russia in experimental format. During this time, about 20,000 patients underwent such monitoring.

"There is every reason to believe that this method will reduce the risk of myocardial infarctions, acute violations of cerebral circulation," the specialist said.

Remote blood pressure monitoring reduces the number of ambulance calls, he said. As Boytsov noted, high blood pressure is one of the main reasons for emergency and ambulance calls.