Continuous non-invasive finger blood pressure monitoring using the Nexfin device was feasible during interventional electrophysiology, correlating with intra-arterial BP (r=0.81, P<0.0001).
Observational (n=22)
Does continuous non-invasive finger blood pressure monitoring provide feasible and accurate BP measurements compared to intra-arterial monitoring during interventional electrophysiology procedures?
Continuous non-invasive finger blood pressure monitoring is feasible during interventional electrophysiology procedures and correlates well with intra-arterial measurements.
Effect estimate: coefficient of correlation 0.81
p-value: p=< 0.0001
AIMS: We thought to evaluate feasibility of continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring during procedures of interventional electrophysiology. METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated continuous non-invasive finger blood pressure (BP) monitoring by means of the Nexfin device in 22 patients (mean age 70 ± 24 years), undergoing procedures of interventional electrophysiology, in critical situations of hypotension caused by tachyarrhythmias or by intermittent incremental ventricular temporary pacing till to the maximum tolerated systolic BP fall (mean 61 ± 14 mmHg per patient at a rate of 195 ± 37 bpm). In all patients, Nexfin was able to detect immediately, at the onset of tachyarrythmia, the changes in BP and recorded reliable waveforms. The quality of the signal was arbitrarily classified as excellent in 11 cases, good in 10 cases, and sufficient in 1 case. In basal conditions, calibrations of the signal occurred every 49.2 ± 24.3 s and accounted for 4% of total monitoring time; during tachyarrhythmias their frequency increased to one every 12.7 s and accounted for 19% of total recording duration. A linear correlation for a range of BP values from 41 to 190 mmHg was found between non-invasive and intra-arterial BP among a total of 1055 beats from three patients who underwent simultaneous recordings with both methods (coefficient of correlation of 0.81, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, continuous non-invasive BP monitoring is feasible in the clinical practise of an interventional electrophysiology laboratory without the need of utilization of an intra-arterial BP line.
Maggi et al. (Mon,) conducted a observational in Hypotension during interventional electrophysiology procedures (n=22). Continuous non-invasive finger blood pressure monitoring (Nexfin device) vs. Intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring was evaluated on Correlation between non-invasive and intra-arterial blood pressure (coefficient of correlation 0.81, p=< 0.0001). Continuous non-invasive finger blood pressure monitoring using the Nexfin device was feasible during interventional electrophysiology, correlating with intra-arterial BP (r=0.81, P<0.0001).