“Lacer Farma” consolidates its activity as a specialist in cardiovascular health by introducing on the market of electromedicine.
-the company sells of last generation and high-precision tensiometers for both healthcare professionals and patients developed according to the protocols of the most prestigious institutions around the world
– with the entry in the medical field, Lacer Farma goes one step further within the cardiovascular segment, where he has extensive experience of support to hypertensive patients, thanks to projects like Cardiorisc and take care heart!
Barcelona, November 2011- “Lacer Farma”, pharmaceutical company specializing in cardiovascular care, expands its area of business with the marketing of a range of sphygmomanometers of last generation, which includes models for medical and pharmaceutical professionals and very precise devices and easy to use for the automedición of the patient at home. All products have been developed according to the protocols of the most prestigious institutions worldwide, such as the World Health Organization (who), European Society of Hypertension (EHS), American Heart Society (AHA) and Japanese Society of Hypertencion (JSH).
In this new segment, Lacer Farma will bring their extensive know-how based on its extensive experience in the cardiovascular field through projects such as Cardiorisc, a program created in 2004 by Lacer and the Spanish society of Arterial hypertension (SEHLELHA) for control and follow-up ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients involving more than 2,000 doctors from across Spain and more than 150,000 patients are registered. Thanks to its vast database analysis, Cardiorisc has created the publication of numerous articles in international journals, becoming more scientific production project in Spain in the cardiovascular field.
Recently, the company extended the coverage of this program with the launch in place of take care heart!, an innovative technology platform that enables personalized follow-up of the cardiovascular condition of the patient at the pharmacy, through control of blood pressure and other risk factors such as obesityDyslipidemia, smoking or diabetes. With the entry into the segment of the electro, Lacer Farma goes one step further in the cardiovascular field, putting at the disposal of professionals and users a full range of blood pressure measurement devices, completely integrable in Cardiorisc and take care heart! for a simple and efficient management of cardiovascular risk.
Devices for professionals and users
Between the devices targeted at professionals, ‘ Lacer Farma ’ presents a tensometer for ambulatory monitoring of arterial pressure (map), compatible with Cardiorisc and take care heart. Watch BP 03 takes multiple steps automatically 24 hours a day, a technique of measurement of the Arterial pressure that allows to know in detail the blood pressure of hypertensive patients. The importance of the map is illustrated in an article recently published in The Lancet, where concludes that ambulatory monitoring as a complementary diagnostic strategy in those patients who demonstrate values high in consultation reduces the actual diagnosis of hypertension to discard the white coat effect, implying a significant decrease in the health care costboth visits and treatment. In this sense, the new version of the NICE British guides – published in August in the British Medical Journal – establishes the consideration that all hypertensive patient will be a continuous ambulatory monitoring (map).
The product portfolio is completed with the versions of the WatchBP Office for Pharmacy and medical consultation. It’s the only tensometer in the market that incorporates two sleeves for measuring blood pressure in both arms simultaneously, as indicated by the guidelines on the measurement of blood pressure. WatchBP Office has also the ability to detect atrial fibrillation, a common heart arrhythmia and one of the major risk factors for the development of stroke.
Within the range of Watch Bp Office, Lacer also offers the model Watch BP Office (ABI) which allows the determination of the index ankle arm (ITB), an indicator of the health of the peripheral arteries.
On models for patients for blood pressure at home automedición ‘ Lacer Farma ’ sells two sphygmomanometers of highly accurate and very easy to use. It is validated devices for measuring blood pressure during pregnancy and for the early detection of pre-eclampsia, a medical complication associated with hypertension induced during gestation. in addition to blood pressure, the WatchBp model homeS can also detect the presence of atrial fibrillation during the measurement.
The sphygmomanometers sells ‘ Lacer Farma ’ have been manufactured by Microlife, one of the leading companies worldwide in the development of equipment for medical diagnosis for control in the home and health centres. With this new initiative, ‘ Lacer Farma ’ demonstrates its firm commitment to improving the cardiovascular health, offering innovative products and services to professionals and consumers concerned about the health.
