Brachial-ankle pulse wave technology for consumers?
Thinking about Eric Topol and wearable technology and AI it seems like it would be an easy thing for a company like Omron (for example) to design a blood pressure cuff system with two additional cuffs for the legs to measure brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and provide users with an ankle-brachial index score. It seems like adding a chest strap to the mix like the one I use for running could also sync to the cuffs to include the electrical pulse, or maybe sync to the Kardia Mobile device, the idea is to ensure accurate timing so that the blood pressure difference between proximal and distal cuffs are accurate. I've also heard that things like peripheral artery disease can be unilateral and the difference between legs can be used as an early warning sign of CVD. It just seems like a no-brainer to me that these measurements over time if taken daily or weekly, or even monthly could reveal changes in atherosclerosis. And for those of us wearing Garmin watches and the Oura ring I feel like the data hides secrets we've yet to take advantage of. Am I wrong? Are these measurements even useful in the way I envision them to be?