TY - JOUR
T1 - Cuffless Blood Pressure Devices
AU - Bradley, Corey K.
AU - Shimbo, Daichi
AU - Colburn, David Alexander
AU - Pugliese, Daniel N.
AU - Padwal, Raj
AU - Sia, Samuel K.
AU - Anstey, D. Edmund
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Hypertension is associated with more end-organ damage, cardiovascular events, and disability-adjusted life years lost in the United States compared with all other modifiable risk factors. Several guidelines and scientific statements now endorse the use of out-of-office blood pressure (BP) monitoring with ambulatory BP monitoring or home BP monitoring to confirm or exclude hypertension status based on office BP measurement. Current ambulatory or home BP monitoring devices have been reliant on the placement of a BP cuff, typically on the upper arm, to measure BP. There are numerous limitations to this approach. Cuff-based BP may not be well-tolerated for repeated measurements as is utilized with ambulatory BP monitoring. Furthermore, improper technique, including incorrect cuff placement or use of the wrong cuff size, may lead to erroneous readings, affecting diagnosis and management of hypertension. Compared with devices that utilize a cuff, cuffless BP devices may overcome challenges related to technique, tolerability, and overall utility in the outpatient setting. However, cuffless devices have several potential limitations that limit its routine use for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. The review discusses the different approaches for determining BP using various cuffless devices including engineering aspects of cuffless device technologies, validation protocols to test accuracy of cuffless devices, potential barriers to widespread implementation, and future areas of research. This review is intended for the clinicians who utilize out-of-office BP monitoring for the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
AB - Hypertension is associated with more end-organ damage, cardiovascular events, and disability-adjusted life years lost in the United States compared with all other modifiable risk factors. Several guidelines and scientific statements now endorse the use of out-of-office blood pressure (BP) monitoring with ambulatory BP monitoring or home BP monitoring to confirm or exclude hypertension status based on office BP measurement. Current ambulatory or home BP monitoring devices have been reliant on the placement of a BP cuff, typically on the upper arm, to measure BP. There are numerous limitations to this approach. Cuff-based BP may not be well-tolerated for repeated measurements as is utilized with ambulatory BP monitoring. Furthermore, improper technique, including incorrect cuff placement or use of the wrong cuff size, may lead to erroneous readings, affecting diagnosis and management of hypertension. Compared with devices that utilize a cuff, cuffless BP devices may overcome challenges related to technique, tolerability, and overall utility in the outpatient setting. However, cuffless devices have several potential limitations that limit its routine use for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. The review discusses the different approaches for determining BP using various cuffless devices including engineering aspects of cuffless device technologies, validation protocols to test accuracy of cuffless devices, potential barriers to widespread implementation, and future areas of research. This review is intended for the clinicians who utilize out-of-office BP monitoring for the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
KW - ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
KW - blood pressure
KW - blood pressure determination
KW - blood pressure monitors
KW - hypertension
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U2 - 10.1093/ajh/hpac017
DO - 10.1093/ajh/hpac017
M3 - Article
C2 - 35136906
AN - SCOPUS:85130003869
SN - 0895-7061
VL - 35
SP - 380
EP - 387
JO - American journal of hypertension
JF - American journal of hypertension
IS - 5
ER -