Publication details
Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices for Chronobiologic Applications
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Noninvasive methods in cardiology 2022 |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://is.muni.cz/do/med/noninvasive_methods_in_cardiology/Noninvasive_methods_in_cardiology_2022.pdf |
| Keywords | Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices; Chronobiologic Applications |
| Description | Herein, we comment on the status of cuffless blood pressure (BP) devices recently reviewed by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH). Our own experience in the field supports the ESH’s statement that current cuffless devices cannot be recommended for the diagnosis and NONINVASIVE METHODS IN CARDIOLOGY 2022 40 management of hypertension. As pointed out by the ESH, it will be important for cuffless BP devices to be fully and correctly validated, not over populations with widely different average BP values, but for each individual citizen, since ultimately, diagnosis and treatment decisions will need to be made for each individual patient. We highlight the distinction that should be made between validation for truly ambulatory BP monitoring and home BP monitoring. We add to the list of technologies considered by the ESH the monitoring of bioimpedance as a surrogate for BP, using flexible electronics. We also show some results we obtained after modifying existing commercial off-the-shelf home-market wrist-cuff-based monitors. We conclude by stressing the importance of analytical methods for a chronobiologic analysis and interpretation of data collected by BP monitors. |