Fifteen years experience with finger arterial pressure monitoring: assessment of the technology

BPM Imholz, W Wieling, GA van Montfrans… - Cardiovascular …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
We review the Finapres technology, embodied in several TNO-prototypes and in the Ohmeda
2300 and 2300e Finapres NIBP. Finapres is an acronym for FINger Arterial PRESsure, the …

Continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring: reliability of Finapres device during the Valsalva manoeuvre

BPM Imholz, GAVAN MONTFRANS… - Cardiovascular …, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Because of the inherent risks of intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring a new non-invasive
device, Finapres, which measures blood pressure continuously in the finger, was evaluated …

Systematic review: antihypertensive drug therapy in black patients

LM Brewster, GA Van Montfrans… - Annals of internal …, 2004 - acpjournals.org
Background: Hypertension occurs more frequently and is generally more severe in black
persons than in white persons, leading to excess morbidity and mortality. Purpose: To …

Stent placement in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis and impaired renal function: a randomized trial

…, PF Plouin, A Raynaud, GA van Montfrans… - Annals of internal …, 2009 - acpjournals.org
Background: Little is known about the efficacy and safety of renal artery stenting in patients
with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) and impaired renal function. Objective: To …

Coronary heart disease after prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine, 1944–45

…, ACJ Ravelli, JM Schroeder-Tanka, GA van Montfrans… - Heart, 2000 - heart.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of prenatal exposure to maternal malnutrition on coronary
heart disease in people born around the time of the Dutch famine, 1944–45. DESIGN …

Daily nighttime melatonin reduces blood pressure in male patients with essential hypertension

FAJL Scheer, GA Van Montfrans, EJW van Someren… - …, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Patients with essential hypertension have disturbed autonomic cardiovascular regulation and
circadian pacemaker function. Recently, the biological clock was shown to be involved in …

Circadian profile of systemic hemodynamics

…, W Wieling, KH Wesseling, GA van Montfrans - …, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
We determined the continuous 24-hour profile of mean arterial pressure, heart rate, stroke
volume, cardiac output, and total peripheral resistance in eight healthy ambulatory volunteers. …

Impaired cerebral autoregulation in patients with malignant hypertension

RV Immink, BJH van den Born, GA van Montfrans… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— In patients with a malignant hypertension, immediate parenteral treatment
with blood pressure–lowering agents such as intravenous sodium nitroprusside (SNP) is …

Nexfin noninvasive continuous blood pressure validated against Riva-Rocci/Korotkoff

…, S Blanc, W Wieling, GA Van Montfrans… - American journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background The Finapres methodology offers continuous measurement of blood pressure (BP)
in a noninvasive manner. The latest development using this methodology is the Nexfin …

Feasibility of ambulatory, continuous 24-hour finger arterial pressure recording.

…, GA Van Montfrans, G Parati, J Van Goudoever… - …, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
We tested Portapres, an innovative portable, battery-operated device for the continuous,
noninvasive, 24-hour ambulatory measurement of blood pressure in the finger. Portapres is …