Intraaortic Pulse Pressure Amplification in Subjects at High Coronary Risk

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 327 - 332
• Main Authors: Temmar, Mohamed, Jankowski, Piotr, Peltier, Marcel, Mouquet, Vincent, Dębicka-Dąbrowska, Dorota, Hamida, Farah, Kawecka-Jaszcz, Kalina, Safar, Michel E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD American Heart Association, Inc 01.02.2010; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Aged; Aorta - physiology; Aorta, Abdominal - physiology; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure - physiology; Blood Pressure Determination; Cardiology. Vascular system; Clinical manifestations. Epidemiology. Investigative techniques. Etiology; Cohort Studies; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Stenosis - diagnosis; Coronary Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Creatinine - blood; Female; Humans; Iliac Artery - physiology; Linear Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Probability; Proteinuria - physiopathology; Pulsatile Flow; Renal Artery - physiology; Vascular Resistance - physiology; Human; Hypertension; Kidney disease; coronary artery disease; chronic kidney disease; Urinary system disease; pulse pressure amplification; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Amplification; central pulse pressure; Risk factor; Arterial pressure; Blood pressure

Peripheral (brachial) pulse pressure normally exceeds central (aortic) pulse pressure but is a less powerful predictor of cardiovascular risk. The difference between the 2 variables, called pulse pressure amplification, has never been specifically studied between the proximal and distal aorta in cor...