Open AccessCardiovascular Changes Induced by Acute Emotional Stress Estimated From the Pulse Transit Time Difference
Author(s) -
Pablo Armanac,
pyridon Kontaxis,
Jesus Lazaro,
Pablo Laguna,
Raquel Bailon,
Eduardo Gil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
2019 computing in cardiology (cinc)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 2325-887X
ISBN - 978-1-7281-6936-1
DOI - 10.22489/cinc.2019.383
Subject(s) - bioengineering , computing and processing , signal processing and analysis
In the present work, the difference between arrival times of photoplethysmographic (PPG) pulses from two different sites of the arterial tree (PTTD) is calculated. As the PTTD is considered to be related with arterial pulse wave velocity, an evaluation of it’s usefulness to identify states of acute mental stress is performed. A subset of fourteen healthy volunteers undergoing a stress protocol was analysed and a statistical test was carried out to evaluate the validity of the proposed method. The results showed that the standard deviation of the PTTD had sufficient statistical capacity to discern between states of stress and relaxation. Furthermore, a generalised descending trend of the mean PTTD can be seen from relaxation to stress.