Reference Values of Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy Children and Teenagers

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 217 - 224
• Main Authors: Reusz, George S., Cseprekal, Orsolya, Temmar, Mohamed, Kis, Éva, Cherif, Abdelghani Bachir, Thaleb, Abddelhalim, Fekete, Andrea, Szabó, Attila J., Benetos, Athanase, Salvi, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD American Heart Association, Inc 01.08.2010; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Adolescent; Algeria; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure - physiology; Body Height; Body Mass Index; Body Size; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Child; Female; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Hungary; Investigative techniques of hemodynamics; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Italy; Male; Medical sciences; Pulse; Reference Values; Sex Characteristics; Young Adult; Hungary; Italy; Algeria; Human; Hypertension; children; adolescence; Cardiovascular disease; Arterial pressure; Blood pressure; pulse wave velocity; Child; vessels

Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity is an established method for characterizing aortic stiffness, an individual predictor of cardiovascular mortality in adults. Normal pulse wave velocity values for the pediatric population derived from a large data collection have yet to be available. The aim of th...