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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023

Pulse-wave velocity assessments derived from a simple photoplethysmography device: Agreement with a referent device.

Gabriel Zieff, Keeron Stone, Craig Paterson, Simon Fryer, Jake Diana, Jade Blackwell, Michelle L Meyer, Lee Stoner

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriel ZieffDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Keeron StoneSchool of Sport and Exercise, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, United Kingdom.
Craig PatersonDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Simon FryerSchool of Sport and Exercise, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, United Kingdom.
Jake DianaDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Jade BlackwellDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Michelle L MeyerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Lee StonerDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Gloucestershire · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Pulse-wave velocity (PWV), a common measure of arterial stiffness, can be measured continuously and across multiple body sites using photoplethysmography (PPG). The objective was to determine whether a simple photoplethysmography PPG PWV method agrees with a referent device. Approach: Photoplethysmography heart-finger PWV (hfPWV) and heart-toe PWV (htPWV) were compared to oscillometric carotid-wrist PWV (cwPWV) and carotid-ankle PWV (caPWV) referent measurements, respectively. In 30 adults (24.6 ± 4.8 years, body mass index 25.2 ± 5.9 kg/m Main results: For hfPWV there was strong overall agreement (ICC: 0.77, 95%CI: 0.67-0.85), but negligible and non-significant repeated measures agreement (ICC: 0.10, 95%CI: -0.18 to 0.36). For htPWV, there was moderate overall agreement (ICC:0.50, 95%CI: 0.31-0.65) and strong repeated measures agreement (ICC: 0.81, 95%CI: 0.69-0.89). Significance: Photoplethysmography can continuously measure PWV at multiple arterial segments with moderate-strong overall agreement. While further work with upper-limb PPG PWV is needed, PPG can adequately capture acute changes in lower-limb PWV.

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arterial stiffnessoscillometryphotoplethysmographyrepeatabilitytilt-testingvalidity

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PMID36824455
PMCPMC9941627
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