This review describes the use of central blood pressure (BP) measurements during
ambulatory monitoring, using noninvasive devices. The principles of measuring central BP …

Background Hypertension is a major risk factor for a wide range of cardiovascular diseases
and is typically identified by measuring blood pressure (BP) at the brachial artery. Although …

Background The brachial artery (BA) mean blood pressure (MBP) is now readily available
using the oscillometric technique. In contrast to the auscultatory method where MBP is …

Objectives: Aortic (central) blood pressure (BP) differs from brachial BP and may be a
superior predictor of cardiovascular events. However, its measurement is currently restricted …

Objective: Central aortic blood pressure (aBP), a potentially superior indicator of
cardiovascular risk, can be measured non-invasively using ambulatory blood pressure …

Background Accumulating evidence suggests the potential superiority of office aortic blood
pressure (BP) over brachial in the management of arterial hypertension. The noninvasive …

A number of devices are available which noninvasively estimate central aortic blood
pressure using a variety of approaches such as tonometry or oscillometry. In this position …

Current noninvasive techniques for assessing central aortic pressure require the recording
of an arterial pressure wave using a high-fidelity applanation tonometer. We therefore …

Introduction: It has been demonstrated that the noninvasive evaluation of aortic blood
pressure has a prognostic value but limited by the inaccuracy linked to technical errors and …

Objective. To estimate the repeatability of radial pulse wave analysis (PWA) in measuring
central systolic and diastolic blood pressures (cSBP/cDBP), pulse pressure (cPP) …