Pulse transit time by r-wave-gated infrared photoplethysmography: Review of the literature and personal experience

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 333-342

  Naschitz, Jochanan E ^a   Bezobchuk, Stanislas ^a   Mussafia Priselac, Renata ^a   Sundick, Scott ^a   Dreyfuss, Daniel ^a   Khorshidi, Igal ^a   Karidis, Argyro ^a   Manor, Hagit ^a   Nagar, Mihael ^a   Peck, Elisabeth Rubin ^a   Peck, Shannon ^a   Storch, Shimon ^a   Rosner, Itzhak ^a   Gaitini, Luis ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aterial stiffness; Blood pressure measurement; Dysautonomia; Infrared photoplethysmography; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BLOOD PRESSURE (BP); INFRARED PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INTRA-THORACIC PRESSURE; PULSE TRANSIT TIME (PTT);

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; MONITOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; R WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 20944438037     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-005-4300-z     Document Type: Review

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