A noninvasive measure of baroreflex sensitivity without blood pressure measurement

L. Ceri Davies, Helen Colhoun, Andrew J. S. Coats, Massimo Piepoli, Darrel P. Francis

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    Abstract

    Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and heart rate variability (HRV) are attenuated in cardiovascular disease and can give important prognostic information. Conventional measures of BRS require expensive or invasive equipment for the beat-to-beat measure of blood pressure (BP). We examined the possibility of developing a simple protocol that would provide a relatively standardized BP stimulus, which might obviate the need to measure BP beat-by-beat.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)441-447
    Number of pages7
    JournalAmerican Heart Journal
    Volume143
    Issue number3
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2002

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