Brachial occlusion method for non-invasive diagnostics of cardiovascular system
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habilitační prácehabilitation thesis
Autor
Fabián, Vratislav
Instituce přidělující hodnost
České vysoké učení technické v Praze. Fakulta elektrotechnická.Metadata
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In this interdisciplinary habilitation thesis, several problematics associated with the cardiovascular
system (CVS) diagnostics using the innovated brachial cuff occlusion method of measuring pressure
pulsations are addressed. The thesis contains a commented overview of the author's published works
in this field. The proposals of appropriate methodologies and algorithms based on the signal processing
of the blood pressure (BP) pulsations obtained using the technology, with the aim of identification of
some CVS pathologies, are introduced and compared with state-of-the art technologies. The presented
results indicate the possibilities of successful using the method for blood pressure measurement in
patients with heart failure, especially in patients with an implanted continuous flow left ventricular
assist devices (CF-LVAD), in whom current standard methods fail. Other promising results have been
observed when measuring hemodynamic parameters of CVS, especially pulse wave velocity (PWV) and
cardiac output (CO), where the preliminary results show a high degree of agreement with the gold
standard methods, with the great advantages of being non-invasive and easy to use in clinical practice.
The proposed diagnostic methodologies could become part of screening medicine and contribute to
diagnosis of some cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and dysfunctions in early stages, such as
hypertension or arteriosclerosis. Perspective direction of research in this area are mentioned at the
end of the thesis.
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