Pulsatile Hemodynamics in Congestive Heart Failure

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 1433 - 1439
• Main Authors: Mitchell, Gary F., Tardif, Jean-Claude, Arnold, J. Malcolm O., Marchiori, Gordon, O’Brien, Terrence X., Dunlap, Mark E., Pfeffer, Marc A.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Heart Association, Inc 01.12.2001; Hagerstown, MD Lippincott
• Subjects: Arteries - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Cardiovascular system; Carotid Arteries - diagnostic imaging; Contractile Proteins; Double-Blind Method; Elasticity; Electrocardiography; Extracellular Matrix Proteins; Female; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Hemodynamics; Humans; Investigative techniques of hemodynamics; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pulsatile Flow; Ultrasonography; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - complications; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Sonography; Doppler ultrasound study; Human; Heart failure; Femoral artery; Echocardiography; Pathophysiology; Brachial artery; Pulse; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Heart disease; Carotid; Non invasive method; Ambulatory; Hemodynamics; Technique; Radial artery

Pulse pressure, an indirect measure of vascular stiffness and pulsatile load, predicts clinical events in congestive heart failure (CHF), suggesting that abnormal pulsatile load may contribute to CHF. This study was designed to assess more direct measures of central pulsatile load in CHF. Noninvasiv...