Validation of the optical Aktiia bracelet in different body positions for the persistent monitoring of blood pressure.

ABSTRACT: The diagnosis of hypertension and the adjustment of antihypertensive drugs are evolving from isolated measurements performed at the physician offices to the full phenotyping of patients in real-life conditions. Indeed, the strongest predictor of cardiovascular risk comes from night measurements. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that a wearable device (the Aktiia Bracelet) can accurately estimate BP in the most common body positions of daily life and thus become a candidate solution for the BP phenotyping of patients. We recruited 91 patients with BP ranging from low to hypertensive levels and compared BP values from the Aktiia Bracelet against auscultatory reference values for 4 weeks according to an extended ISO 81060-2 protocol. After initializing on day one, the observed means a

SUBMITTER: Sola J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526831 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature