Time to end a doubt: is pulse wave analysis a valid measure for central arterial blood pressure and arterial stiffness?

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 724-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali R Khoshdel
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Arterial Blood Pressure ◽  
Pulse Wave ◽  
Pulse Wave Analysis ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Wave Analysis ◽  
Arterial Blood

Evaluation of arterial stiffness and central blood pressure by oscillometric method in normotensive offspring of hypertensive parents

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Cansu Sivrikaya Yildirim ◽  
Pelin Kosger ◽  
Tugcem Akin ◽  
Birsen Ucar
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Pulse Wave Velocity ◽  
Diastolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Pulse Wave ◽  
Pulse Wave Analysis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Wave Analysis

Abstract Children with a family history of hypertension have higher blood pressure and hypertensive pathophysiological changes begin before clinical findings. Here, the presence of arterial stiffness was investigated using central blood pressure measurement and pulse wave analysis in normotensive children with at least one parent with essential hypertension. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory pulse wave analysis monitoring was performed by oscillometric method in a study group of 112 normotensive children of hypertensive parents aged between 7 and 18 comparing with a control group of 101 age- and gender-matched normotensive children of normotensive parents. Pulse wave velocity, central systolic and diastolic blood pressure, systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure values were higher in the study group than the control group (p < 0.001, p = 0.002, p = 0.008, p = 0.001, p = 0.005, p = 0.001, p = 0.001, respectively). In all age groups (7–10, 11–14, and 15–18 years), pulse wave velocity was higher in the study group than the control group (p < 0.001). Pulse wave velocity was higher in children whose both parents are hypertensive compared to the children whose only mothers are hypertensive (p = 0.011). Pulse wave velocity values were positively correlated with age, weight, height, and body mass index (p < 0.05). Higher pulse wave velocity, central systolic and diastolic blood pressure values detected in the study group can be considered as early signs of hypertensive vascular changes. Pulse wave analysis can be a reliable, non-invasive, and reproducible method that can allow taking necessary precautions regarding lifestyle to prevent disease and target organ damage by detecting early hypertensive changes in genetically risky children.

Arterial stiffness assessed by pulse wave analysis in essential hypertension: relation to 24-h blood pressure profile

2005 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Lekakis ◽  
Nikos A. Zakopoulos ◽  
Athanasios D. Protogerou ◽  
Theodoros G. Papaioannou ◽  
Vassilios Th. Kotsis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Arterial Stiffness ◽  
Pulse Wave ◽  
Pressure Profile ◽  
Pulse Wave Analysis ◽  
Wave Analysis ◽  
Blood Pressure Profile

scholarly journals Associations between Intrinsic Heart Rate, P Wave and QT Interval Durations and Pulse Wave Analysis in Patients with Hypertension and High Normal Blood Pressure

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4350
Author(s):  
Ioana Mozos ◽  
Cristina Gug ◽  
Costin Mozos ◽  
Dana Stoian ◽  
Marius Pricop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Qt Interval ◽  
Pulse Wave ◽  
Pulse Wave Analysis ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Normal Blood Pressure ◽  
Wave Analysis ◽  
Wave Duration ◽  
P Wave Duration

The present study aimed to explore the relationship between electrocardiographic (ECG) and pulse wave analysis variables in patients with hypertension (HT) and high normal blood pressure (HNBP). A total of 56 consecutive, middle-aged hypertensive and HNBP patients underwent pulse wave analysis and standard 12-lead ECG. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), heart rate, intrinsic heart rate (IHR), P wave and QT interval durations were as follows: 7.26 ± 0.69 m/s, 69 ± 11 beats/minute, 91 ± 3 beats/minute, 105 ± 22 mm and 409 ± 64 mm, respectively. Significant correlations were obtained between PWV and IHR and P wave duration, respectively, between early vascular aging (EVA) and P wave and QT interval durations, respectively. Linear regression analysis revealed significant associations between ECG and pulse wave analysis variables but multiple regression analysis revealed only IHR as an independent predictor of PWV, even after adjusting for blood pressure variables and therapy. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed P wave duration (area under curve (AUC) = 0.731; 95% CI: 0.569–0.893) as a predictor of pathological PWV, and P wave and QT interval durations were found as sensitive and specific predictors of EVA. ECG provides information about PWV and EVA in patients with HT and HNBP. IHR and P wave durations are independent predictors of PWV, and P wave and QT interval may predict EVA.

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