title: Cuffless estimation of systolic blood pressure for short effort bicycle tests: the prominent role of the pre-ejection period.
abstract: This paper investigates the specific contributions of the pre-ejection period (PEP) and pulse transit time (PTT) for blood pressure estimation based on the pulse wave methodology. We show that in short-term physical stress tests, PEP dominates PTT variations raising the question of a suitable blood pressure calibration. A model using a generalized pulse wave velocity achieves acceptable accuracy for systolic blood pressure estimation, given our experimental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Philips Research Laboratories Europe, Aachen, Germany. Jens.Muehlsteff@philips.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muehlsteff
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002138:Calibration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013599:Systole; D013997:Time Factors