This book is the first comprehensive overview of the emerging field of cuffless blood pressure monitoring. Increasing clinical evidence proves that longitudinal measurements of blood pressure allow for earlier detection and better management of multiple medical conditions and for superior prediction of cardiovascular events. Unfortunately, today's clinical and industry standards for blood pressure monitoring still require the inflation of a pneumatic cuff around a limb each time a measurement is taken. Over the last decades clinicians, scientists and device manufacturers have explored the feasibility of technologies that reduce or even completely eliminate the need of cuffs, initiating the era of cuffless blood pressure monitoring. Among the existing literature, this book is intended to be a practical guide to navigate across this emerging field. The chapters of the handbook have been elaborated by experts and key opinion leaders in the domain, and will guide the reader alongthe clinical, scientific, technical, and regulatory aspects of cuffless blood pressure monitoring.

Cuffless blood pressure monitoring and the advent of a new era in medicine and society

Clinical Relevance of continuous and cuffless blood pressure monitoring
A Historical Journey on the Physiology of Blood Pressure Monitoring
The definition and architecture of cuffless blood pressure monitors
Pulse Arrival Time: History and Devices
Pulse Wave Velocity Techniques
Concepts of Pulse Decomposition Analysis
Pulse wave analysis techniques
Machine Learning Techniques for Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation
Initialization of Pulse Transit Time-Based Blood Pressure Monitors
Key Regulatory Aspects and the Importance of Consensus Standards in Bringing Devices to Market
Design of Clinical trials to validate cuff-less blood pressure monitors
Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring: The Future for the Evaluation and Management of Hypertension
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