Greg Guettler, President of HDI, will present to investors current Company developments and HDI’s business strategy, including information on the Company’s proprietary CVProfilorä DO-2020 CardioVascular Profiling System.  The presentation will also be broadcast live over the Internet. To listen to the conference, log on to the Bluefire website at www.bluefireresearch.com and follow the links on the day of the event.  To attend the conference, call 612-344-1032 or RSVP online at www.bluefirepartners.com.

About Hypertension Diagnostics

Hypertension Diagnostics, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary cardiovascular profiling systems for clinical and research applications.  These systems are marketed to physicians, other health care professionals and researchers by a direct sales force and via distributors throughout the world.  In addition to providing blood pressure values, the systems non-invasively detect subtle changes in the compliance or elasticity of both large and small arteries which is a unique feature of HDI’s blood pressure waveform analysis technology.  The system includes a custom designed Arterial PulseWave™ Sensor to capture waveform data as well as a printer which generates a CVProfile™ Report which can assist physicians in their clinical work.

Forward-looking statements in this press release are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and to recognize that the statements are not a prediction of actual future results. Actual results could differ materially from those presented and anticipated in the forward-looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company's 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, as amended, under the caption “Risk Factors,'' as well as others not now anticipated.

About BlueFire Research

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Hypertension Diagnostics, HDI/PulseWave™ and CVProfilor^® are trademarks of Hypertension Diagnostics, Inc. All rights reserved.

Contact: Greg H. Guettler, President