Arterial blood pressure measurement and pulse wave analysis—their role in enhancing cardiovascular assessment

• Published in: Physiological measurement Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. R1 - R47
• Main Authors: Avolio, Alberto P, Butlin, Mark, Walsh, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.01.2010
• Subjects: Animals; Aorta - physiology; Arteries - physiology; Blood Pressure; Blood Pressure Determination - history; Blood Pressure Determination - methods; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Pulse - history; Pulse - methods; Sphygmomanometers - history
• ISSN: 0967-3334; 1361-6579; 1361-6579
• DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/1/R01

The most common method of clinical measurement of arterial blood pressure is by means of the cuff sphygmomanometer. This instrument has provided fundamental quantitative information on arterial pressure in individual subjects and in populations and facilitated estimation of cardiovascular risk relat...