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Measuring the Carotid to Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity (Cf-PWV) to Evaluate Arterial Stiffness
Published on: May 3, 2018
An experimental measurement complex for probable estimation of arterial stiffness
Kristjan Pilt1, Kalju Meigas, Margus Viigimaa
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Estonia. kristjan.pilt@cb.ttu.ee
Abstract:
Current work is a part of long term research, which aim is to study the possibilities to diagnose the atherosclerosis in early stadium by using pulse wave velocity and its waveform analysis. The mobile experimental measurement complex is built and technically tested for the long term study in hospital. Measurement complex consists of ten physiological signal recording channels and reference devices: Sphygmocor, Arteriograph, Finapres. The measurements with this complex are planned to carry out during six month on patients with different severity of coronary disease and diabetes.
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