By Dr Isabella Tan

Journal articles

Omboni S; Posokhov I; Parati G; Rogoza A; Kotovskaya Y; Arystan A; Avolio A; Barkan V; Bulanova N; Cardona Muñoz E; Grigoricheva E; Konradi A; Minyukhina I; Muiesan ML; Mulè G; Orlova I; Pereira T; Peixoto Maldonado JM; Statsenko ME; Tilea I; Waisman G; Forcada P; Zelveian P; Butlin M; Barin E; Tan I; Ghiadoni L; Bruno RM; Sarzani R; Espinosa E; Volpe M; Savoia C; Tocci G; Borghi C; Schillaci G; Pucci G; Paini A; Rizzoni D; Ramos C; Alanis A; Varga A; Volkov D; Kurlykina N; Rotar O; Orlov A; Gorbunov V; Boytsov S; Fedorova E; Korneva V; Kuznetsova T; Kulikova N; Evdokimov VV; Kuznetsova A; Zheleznyak E; Kobalava Z; Borisova I; Svetozarsky T; Gubanova M; Lazareva V; Derevyanchenko MV; Kopylov P; Sirenko Y; Recovets O, 2019, 'Ambulatory blood pressure and arterial stiffness web-based telemonitoring in patients at cardiovascular risk. First results of the VASOTENS (Vascular health ASsessment Of The hypertENSive patients) Registry', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21, pp. 1155 - 1168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.13623

Avolio A; Tan I; Butlin M, 2018, 'Ultrasound measurement of central pulse pressure from carotid diameter: two for the price of one?', Journal of Hypertension, 36, pp. 2310 - 2311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001889

Butlin M; Shirbani F; Barin E; Tan I; Spronck B; Avolio AP, 2018, 'Cuffless estimation of blood pressure: Importance of variability in blood pressure dependence of arterial stiffness across individuals and measurement sites', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 65, pp. 2377 - 2383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2018.2823333

Aminuddin A; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio AP; Kiat H; Barin E; Nordin NAMM; Chellappan K, 2018, 'Effect of increasing heart rate on finger photoplethysmography fitness index (PPGF) in subjects with implanted cardiac pacemakers', Plos One, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207301

Shirbani F; Blackmore C; Kazzi C; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio AP, 2018, 'Sensitivity of Video-Based Pulse Arrival Time to Dynamic Blood Pressure Changes', Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, 2018-July, pp. 3639 - 3641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513058

Salvi P; Grillo A; Tan I; Simon G; Salvi L; Gao L; Rovina M; Butlin M; Yang Y; Meneghin E; Meng L; Faini A; Barin E; Pini A; Carretta R; Huo Y; Avolio A; Parati G, 2018, 'Systolic time intervals assessed from analysis of the carotid pressure waveform', Physiological Measurement, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/aad51b

Xiao H; Butlin M; Tan I; Qasem A; Avolio AP, 2018, 'Estimation of Pulse Transit Time From Radial Pressure Waveform Alone by Artificial Neural Network', IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 22, pp. 1140 - 1147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2017.2748280

Xiao H; Butlin M; Qasem A; Tan I; Li D; Avolio AP, 2018, 'N-point moving average: A special generalized transfer function method for estimation of central aortic blood pressure', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 65, pp. 1226 - 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2017.2710622

Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio A, 2018, 'Does increase in arterial stiffness and wave reflection precede development of placental-mediated complications in pregnancy?', Journal of Hypertension, 36, pp. 1029 - 1031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001669

Avolio A; Zuo J; Tan I; Butlin M, 2018, 'Pathway for elimination of distance measurement in studies of pulse wave velocity', Hypertension, 71, pp. 819 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10839

Spronck B; Avolio AP; Tan I; Butlin M; Reesink KD; Delhaas T, 2018, 'Reply: Medical science is based on facts and evidence', Journal of Hypertension, 36, pp. 960 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001660

Avolio A; Kim MO; Adji A; Gangoda S; Avadhanam B; Tan I; Butlin M, 2018, 'Cerebral Haemodynamics: Effects of Systemic Arterial Pulsatile Function and Hypertension', Current Hypertension Reports, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-018-0822-x

Xiao H; Tan I; Butlin M; Li D; Avolio AP, 2018, 'Mechanism underlying the heart rate dependency of wave reflection in the aorta: A numerical simulation', American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 314, pp. H443 - H451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00559.2017

Avolio A; Tan I; Butlin M; Barin E, 2018, 'Electrical Activity of the Heart under Pressure', American Journal of Hypertension, 31, pp. 166 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpx175

Tan I; Butlin M; Spronck B; Xiao H; Avolio A, 2018, 'Effect of heart rate on arterial stiffness as assessed by pulse wave velocity', Current Hypertension Reviews, 14, pp. 107 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573402113666170724100418

Blackmore C; Kazzi C; Shirbani F; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio A; Barin E, 2018, 'Stimulatory Effects of Computer-Rendered Artificial Virtual Environment on Heart Rate Variability and Baroreceptor Sensitivity', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 27, pp. S350 - S350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.684

Xiao H; Butlin M; Tan I; Avolio A, 2017, 'Effects of cardiac timing and peripheral resistance on measurement of pulse wave velocity for assessment of arterial stiffness', Scientific Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05807-x

Spronck B; Avolio AP; Tan I; Butlin M; Reesink KD; Delhaas T, 2017, 'Reply: Physics cannot be disputed', Journal of Hypertension, 35, pp. 1523 - 1525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001350

Spronck B; Avolio AP; Tan I; Butlin M; Reesink KD; Delhaas T, 2017, 'Arterial stiffness index beta and cardio-ankle vascular index inherently depend on blood pressure but can be readily corrected', Journal of Hypertension, 35, pp. 98 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001132

Xiao H; Tan I; Butlin M; Li D; Avolio AP, 2017, 'Arterial viscoelasticity: Role in the dependency of pulse wave velocity on heart rate in conduit arteries', American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 312, pp. H1185 - H1194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00849.2016

Avolio A; Tan I; Butlin M, 2017, 'Editorial comment: Of cats and dogs and matters of the heart', Journal of Hypertension, 35, pp. 718 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001231

Spronck B; Tan I; Reesink K; Georgevsky D; Delhaas T; Avolio A; Butlin M, 2017, '3.5 HEART RATE DEPENDENCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN RATS AS A FUNCTION OF BLOOD PRESSURE', Artery Research, 20, pp. 54 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2017.10.035

Zuo J; Chu S; Tan I; Butlin M; Zhao J; Avolio A, 2017, 'Association of Haemodynamic Indices of Central and Peripheral Pressure with Subclinical Target Organ Damage', Pulse, 5, pp. 133 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484441

Butlin M; Tan I; Shirbani F; Spronck B; Avolio A, 2017, 'P145 MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE DEPENDENCY OF CAROTID-FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY', Artery Research, 20, pp. 97 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2017.10.157

Tan I; Kiat H; Barin E; Butlin M; Avolio AP, 2016, 'Effects of pacing modality on noninvasive assessment of heart rate dependency of indices of large artery function', Journal of Applied Physiology, 121, pp. 771 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00445.2016

Tan I; Spronck B; Kiat H; Barin E; Reesink KD; Delhaas T; Avolio AP; Butlin M, 2016, 'Heart Rate Dependency of Large Artery Stiffness', Hypertension, 68, pp. 236 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07462

Spronck B; Avolio A; Tan I; Butlin M; Reesink K; Delhaas T, 2016, '10.9 ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDEX BETA AND CARDIO-ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX INHERENTLY DEPEND ON BLOOD PRESSURE, BUT CAN BE READILY CORRECTED', Artery Research, 16, pp. 73 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2016.10.087

Avolio A; Butlin M; Tan I, 2013, 'Importance of pressure pulse amplification in the association of resting heart rate and arterial stiffness.', Hypertension, 62, pp. e46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02260

Conference Papers

Butlin M; Cox JR; Tan I; Avolio AP; Bentley GJ, 2023, 'Bilateral cuff-induced lower limb post-ischemia hyperemia as a method for acute reduction in blood pressure for cuffless blood pressure device testing', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10341156

Butlin M; Tan I; Qasem A; Avolio AP, 2023, 'Comparison of effects of peripheral vasculature on tonometric radial pulse and cuff-based brachial pulse waveform as used in estimation of central aortic pressures', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340973

Cox JR; Tan I; Qasem A; Avolio AP; Butlin M, 2023, 'From peripheral finger-derived pulse waveforms to aortic pressure waveform features: an application of a generalized transfer function', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340434

Desai VS; Avolio AP; Tan I; Peebles KC; Butlin M, 2023, 'Interaction of large artery stiffness and baroreceptor function explored through multiple measurement techniques-a pilot study', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340723

Louka K; Cox J; Tan I; Avolio AP; Orourke MF; Butlin M, 2021, 'An investigation of the individualized, two-point calibration method for cuffless blood pressure estimation using pulse arrival time: An historical perspective using the Casio BP-100 digital watch', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 7493 - 7496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630063

Cox J; Avolio AP; Louka K; Shirbani F; Tan I; Butlin M, 2021, 'Blood pressure-independent neurogenic effect on conductance and resistance vessels: A consideration for cuffless blood pressure measurement', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 7485 - 7488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629936

Shirbani F; Moriarty A; Hui N; Cox J; Tan I; Avolio AP; Butlin M, 2021, 'Contactless video-based photoplethysmography technique comparison investigating pulse transit time estimation of arterial blood pressure', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 5650 - 5653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629489

Shirbani F; Hui N; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio AP, 2020, 'Effect of Ambient Lighting and Skin Tone on Estimation of Heart Rate and Pulse Transit Time from Video Plethysmography', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 2642 - 2645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176731

Kazzi C; Blackmore C; Shirbani F; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio AP; Barin E, 2018, 'Effects of instructed meditation augmented by computer-rendered artificial virtual environment on heart rate variability', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, pp. 2768 - 2771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512816

Shirbani F; Blackmore C; Kazzi C; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio AP, 2018, 'Video-Based Pulse Arrival Time can track Dynamic Blood Pressure Changes', in World Congress on Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems and Science, Avestia Publishing, presented at The 4th World Congress on Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems and Science, 21 August 2018 - 23 August 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.11159/icbes18.152

Shirbani F; Blackmore C; Kazzi C; Tan I; Butlin M; Avolio AP, 2018, 'Sensitivity of Video-Based Pulse Arrival Time to Dynamic Blood Pressure Changes', in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 3639 - 3641, presented at 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/embc.2018.8513058

Xiao H; Butlin M; Tan I; Avolio AP, 2017, 'PWPSim: A new simulation tool of pulse wave propagation in the human arterial tree', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, Seogwipo, South Korea, pp. 3672 - 3675, presented at 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, South Korea, 11 July 2017 - 15 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037654

Tan I; Butlin M; Liu YY; Ng K; Avolio AP, 2012, 'Heart rate dependence of aortic pulse wave velocity at different arterial pressures in rats', in Hypertension, pp. 528 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.194225

Conference Abstracts

Wang T; Nguyen L; Tan I; Atkins E; Gnanenthiran S; Falster M; Pearson S-A; Picone D; Rodgers A; Schutte A, 2025, 'EVALUATING THE UPTAKE AND POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS OF A NEW 60-DAY DISPENSING POLICY FOR ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICINES IN AUSTRALIA', in Journal of Hypertension, Wolters Kluwer, Vol. 43, pp. e220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001117472.84114.43

Li W; Gnanenthiran S; Schutte AE; Tan I, 2024, 'A SCOPING REVIEW ON BLOOD PRESSURE TIME AT TARGET AND ITS PROGNOSTIC VALUE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES', in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, GERMANY, Berlin, Vol. 42, presented at 33rd European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Renal Protection (ESH), GERMANY, Berlin, 31 May 2024 - 03 June 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001020024.72680.48

Grillo A; Salvi P; Salvi L; Valbusa F; Tan I; Labat C; Rovina M; Gautier S; Carretta R; Avolio AP; Fabris B; Parati G; Benetos A, 2024, 'SUBENDOCARDIAL VIABILITY RATIO PREDICTS MORTALITY IN OLDER NURSING HOME RESIDENTS', in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, GERMANY, Berlin, Vol. 42, presented at 33rd European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Renal Protection (ESH), GERMANY, Berlin, 31 May 2024 - 03 June 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001021872.28170.a8

Tan I; Sharma M; Morgan C; Brodaty H; Gnanenthiran SR; Numbers K; Liu H; Ouyang M; Kitterick P; Incerti P; Schutte AE, 2024, 'O01 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART AND MIND: A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON COMBINED SCREENING OF RAISED BLOOD PRESSURE, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND HEARING LOSS', in Journal of Hypertension, Wolters Kluwer, Vol. 42, pp. e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001062488.58396.b6

Butlin M; Cox J; Tan I; Avolio A, 2023, 'COMPARISON OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITH A CUFFLESS TONOMETRIC WRIST-WORN DEVICE AND CONVENTIONAL BRACHIAL CUFF SPHYGMOMANOMETRY FOR AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING', in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, Vol. 41, pp. E115 - E115

Cox JR; Tan I; Avolio AP; Butlin M, 2023, 'PS-C04-7: REPRODUCIBILITY OF CAROTID TONOMETER AND FEMORAL CUFF-BASED PULSE WAVE VELOCITY: INTERACTION WITH OPERATOR SKILL', in Journal of Hypertension, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 41, pp. e191 - e192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000914620.66576.56

Cox JR; Qasem A; Tan I; Butlin M, 2023, 'PS-C25-5: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS AND CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS DERIVED AT REST FROM FINGER PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAM', in Journal of Hypertension, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 41, pp. e412 - e412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000917044.26514.29

Gnanenthiran SR; Liu H; Tan I; Chan J; Schlaich MP; Schutte AE, 2023, 'S-58-1: PATIENT PERSPECTIVES OF A CUFFLESS BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE COMPARED TO CLASSIC OUT-OF-CLINIC METHODS', in Journal of Hypertension, Wolters Kluwer, Vol. 41, pp. e128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000914044.45157.bf

Tan I; Gnanenthiran SR; Chan J; Kyriakoulis KG; Schlaich MP; Stergiou GS; Schutte AE, 2023, 'S-58-2: CUFFLESS WEARABLE 24-HOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MONIT ORING VERSUS STANDARD AMBULATORY MONITORING', in Journal of Hypertension, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 41, pp. e128 - e128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000914048.78160.ef

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