Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments

Objective: Fingertip photoplethysmography (PPG) resulting from high-pass filtered raw PPG signal is often used to record arterial pulse changes in patients with suspected thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Results from venous (low-pass filtered raw signal) forearm PPG (V-PPG) during the Candlestick-Pra...

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Autores principales: Jeanne Hersant, Pierre Ramondou, Sylvain Durand, Mathieu Feuilloy, Mickael Daligault, Pierre Abraham, Samir Henni
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:142f8e6ab195401fa77f7fa45173c2672021-11-30T13:52:57ZThoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments1664-042X10.3389/fphys.2021.765174https://doaj.org/article/142f8e6ab195401fa77f7fa45173c2672021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.765174/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-042XObjective: Fingertip photoplethysmography (PPG) resulting from high-pass filtered raw PPG signal is often used to record arterial pulse changes in patients with suspected thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Results from venous (low-pass filtered raw signal) forearm PPG (V-PPG) during the Candlestick-Prayer (Ca + Pra) maneuver were recently classified into four different patterns in patients with suspected TOS, two of which are suggestive of the presence of outflow impairment. We aimed to test the effect of probe position (fingertip vs. forearm) and of red (R) vs. infrared (IR) light wavelength on V-PPG classification and compared pattern classifications with the results of ultrasound (US).Methods: In patients with suspected TOS, we routinely performed US imaging (US + being the presence of a positional compression) and Ca + Pra tests with forearm V-PPGIR. We recruited patients for a Ca + Pra maneuver with the simultaneous fingertip and forearm V-PPGR. The correlation of each V-PPG recording to each of the published pattern profiles was calculated. Each record was classified according to the patterns for which the coefficient of correlation was the highest. Cohen’s kappa test was used to determine the reliability of classification among forearm V-PPGIR, fingertip V-PPGR, and forearm V-PPGR.Results: We obtained 40 measurements from 20 patients (40.2 ± 11.3 years old, 11 males). We found 13 limbs with US + results, while V-PPG suggested the presence of venous outflow impairment in 27 and 20 limbs with forearm V-PPGIR and forearm V-PPGR, respectively. Fingertip V-PPGR provided no patterns suggesting outflow impairment.Conclusion: We found more V-PPG patterns suggesting venous outflow impairment than US + results. Probe position is essential if aiming to perform upper-limb V-PPG during the Ca + Pra maneuver in patients with suspected TOS. V-PPG during the Ca + Pra maneuver is of low cost and easy and provides reliable, recordable, and objective evidence of forearm swelling. It should be performed on the forearm (close to the elbow) with either PPGR or PPGIR but not at the fingertip level.Jeanne HersantJeanne HersantPierre RamondouPierre RamondouPierre RamondouSylvain DurandMathieu FeuilloyMathieu FeuilloyMickael DaligaultPierre AbrahamPierre AbrahamPierre AbrahamSamir HenniSamir HenniFrontiers Media S.A.articlethoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)photoplethysmography (PPG)forearmveinsfingertippathophysiologyPhysiologyQP1-981ENFrontiers in Physiology, Vol 12 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
photoplethysmography (PPG)
forearm
veins
fingertip
pathophysiology
Physiology
QP1-981
spellingShingle thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
photoplethysmography (PPG)
forearm
veins
fingertip
pathophysiology
Physiology
QP1-981
Jeanne Hersant
Jeanne Hersant
Pierre Ramondou
Pierre Ramondou
Pierre Ramondou
Sylvain Durand
Mathieu Feuilloy
Mathieu Feuilloy
Mickael Daligault
Pierre Abraham
Pierre Abraham
Pierre Abraham
Samir Henni
Samir Henni
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments
description Objective: Fingertip photoplethysmography (PPG) resulting from high-pass filtered raw PPG signal is often used to record arterial pulse changes in patients with suspected thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Results from venous (low-pass filtered raw signal) forearm PPG (V-PPG) during the Candlestick-Prayer (Ca + Pra) maneuver were recently classified into four different patterns in patients with suspected TOS, two of which are suggestive of the presence of outflow impairment. We aimed to test the effect of probe position (fingertip vs. forearm) and of red (R) vs. infrared (IR) light wavelength on V-PPG classification and compared pattern classifications with the results of ultrasound (US).Methods: In patients with suspected TOS, we routinely performed US imaging (US + being the presence of a positional compression) and Ca + Pra tests with forearm V-PPGIR. We recruited patients for a Ca + Pra maneuver with the simultaneous fingertip and forearm V-PPGR. The correlation of each V-PPG recording to each of the published pattern profiles was calculated. Each record was classified according to the patterns for which the coefficient of correlation was the highest. Cohen’s kappa test was used to determine the reliability of classification among forearm V-PPGIR, fingertip V-PPGR, and forearm V-PPGR.Results: We obtained 40 measurements from 20 patients (40.2 ± 11.3 years old, 11 males). We found 13 limbs with US + results, while V-PPG suggested the presence of venous outflow impairment in 27 and 20 limbs with forearm V-PPGIR and forearm V-PPGR, respectively. Fingertip V-PPGR provided no patterns suggesting outflow impairment.Conclusion: We found more V-PPG patterns suggesting venous outflow impairment than US + results. Probe position is essential if aiming to perform upper-limb V-PPG during the Ca + Pra maneuver in patients with suspected TOS. V-PPG during the Ca + Pra maneuver is of low cost and easy and provides reliable, recordable, and objective evidence of forearm swelling. It should be performed on the forearm (close to the elbow) with either PPGR or PPGIR but not at the fingertip level.
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author Jeanne Hersant
Jeanne Hersant
Pierre Ramondou
Pierre Ramondou
Pierre Ramondou
Sylvain Durand
Mathieu Feuilloy
Mathieu Feuilloy
Mickael Daligault
Pierre Abraham
Pierre Abraham
Pierre Abraham
Samir Henni
Samir Henni
author_facet Jeanne Hersant
Jeanne Hersant
Pierre Ramondou
Pierre Ramondou
Pierre Ramondou
Sylvain Durand
Mathieu Feuilloy
Mathieu Feuilloy
Mickael Daligault
Pierre Abraham
Pierre Abraham
Pierre Abraham
Samir Henni
Samir Henni
author_sort Jeanne Hersant
title Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments
title_short Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments
title_full Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments
title_fullStr Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fingertip Cannot Replace Forearm Photoplethysmography in the Evaluation of Positional Venous Outflow Impairments
title_sort thoracic outlet syndrome: fingertip cannot replace forearm photoplethysmography in the evaluation of positional venous outflow impairments
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/142f8e6ab195401fa77f7fa45173c267
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