About this episode

The episode discusses the limitations of standard blood pressure readings and the importance of measuring central blood pressure for better cardiovascular health.

In this episode of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Craig Cooper, CEO of CONNEQT Health, to pull back the curtain on what your annual blood pressure check is actually missing and why that gap could be fatal. Craig explains why the standard brachial blood pressure cuff, a technology rooted in 150-year-old science, is only telling half the story of your cardiovascular health. The pressure measured at your arm and the pressure felt at your heart, brain, and kidneys can diverge by up to 40 millimeters of mercury, and that divergence is where silent cardiovascular disease lives. His company’s SphygmoCor technology, used in hospitals and research institutions for 25 years, now gives anyone access to central blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and pulse wave data from their own home for $249. The conversation covers the genetics versus epigenetics debate, with both Craig and Dr. Jason sharing deeply personal family histories with cardiovascular disease. Dr. Jason lost his father and then, just months later, his brother to sudden cardiac death. Craig spent his life managing inflammatory diseases that have touched nearly every major system…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Bradley, James Chester

Guest: Craig Cooper

Topics covered

• blood pressure
• cardiovascular health
• genetics
• epigenetics
• sleep
• arterial health

Keywords

• blood pressure
• cardiovascular disease
• SphygmoCor technology
• arterial stiffness
• pulse wave data
• fitness
• heart health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CONNEQT Health

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