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Observational studyJournal of the American Heart Association2026

Smartphone Measurement of Aortic Arch Pulse-Wave Velocity and Total Arterial Compliance: Accessible Local and Global Arterial Stiffness Assessment.

Soha Niroumandi, Derek Rinderknecht, Coskun Bilgi, Soren Cole, S Amara Ogbonnaya, Aaron M Wolfson, Ajay S Vaidya, Kevin S King, Niema M Pahlevan

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02240979 (Establishing a Non-invasive Method to Measure Heart Performance), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02240979 completednot on this map

Establishing a Non-invasive Method to Measure Heart Performance

TypeobservationalSponsorMarie Csete MD, PhDRan2014 to 2019Enrolled72ConditionsHeart FailureArmscardiac MRI
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Observational
  2. Assessment of Myocardial Injury Size Metrics Using Carotid Pressure Waveform: Proof-of-Concept in Coronary Occlusion/Reperfusion Rat Model.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Soha NiroumandiDepartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-3698
Derek RinderknechtVentric Health Pasadena CA USA.
Coskun BilgiDepartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0231-4727
Soren ColeDepartment of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD USA.
S Amara OgbonnayaNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Bethesda MD USA.
Aaron M WolfsonDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9695-185X
Ajay S VaidyaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0548-350X
Kevin S KingDepartment of Neuroradiology, Barrow Neurological Institute St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix AZ USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4449-2468
Niema M PahlevanDepartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7498-0396

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinical studies have shown that aortic arch pulse-wave velocity (PWV

methodsThis method uses intrinsic frequency analysis of smartphone-acquired (iPhone) carotid pressure waveforms to assess PWV

resultsIn the blind test set, our method achieved Pearson correlations of 0.81 and 0.80 for PWV

conclusionsOur smartphone-based method enables accurate assessment of local and global arterial stiffness metrics (PWV REGISTRATION: URL: clinicaltrials.org; Unique Identifier: NCT02240979.

Indexed as

Aorta, ThoracicCardiovascular DiseasesPulse Wave AnalysisSmartphoneVascular StiffnessAdultAgedAged, 80 and overComplianceFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsYoung Adultarterial stiffnesspulse‐wave velocitytotal arterial compliancewearable diagnosis

Identifiers

PMID41669977
PMCPMC13055798

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