Biomarkers based on continuous non-invasive blood pressure - review and outlook

Abstract

Stationary devices for continuous blood pressure (BP) with user-friendly finger sensors are getting common in various clinical fields and new wearable BP-monitors are about to enter the medical world. Apart from the commonly used parameters systolic and diastolic BP, beat-to-beat as well as pulse shape information of these devices is not easily accessible. This article is a review of existing pattern recognition analysis and an outlook to new biomarkers giving a deep insight into the cardiovascular system and its control.

Keywords

• continuous blood pressure
• biomarker
• vital sign
• cardiovascular parameter
• autonomic nervous system