Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Are Best Predicted by Low Central/Peripheral Pulse Pressure Amplification But Not by High Blood Pressure Levels in Elderly Nursing Home Subjects: The PARTAGE (Predictive Values of Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Institutionalized Very Aged Population) Study

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 60; no. 16; pp. 1503 - 1511
• Main Authors: BENETOS, Athanase, GAUTIER, Sylvie, MANCKOUNDIA, Patrick, ROLLAND, Yves, HANON, Olivier, PERRET-GUILLAUME, Christine, LACOLLEY, Patrick, SAFAR, Michel E, GUILLEMIN, Francis, LABAT, Carlos, SALVI, Paolo, VALBUSA, Filippo, MARINO, Francesca, TOULZA, Olivier, AGNOLETTI, Davide, ZAMBONI, Mauro, DUBAIL, Delphine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 16.10.2012
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Female; France - epidemiology; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Nursing Homes; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Pulse Wave Analysis; France; Italy; Human; Hypertension; Prognosis; Mortality; Pulse; Cardiovascular disease; Artery; Amplification; Low pressure; Predictive value; Population; Arterial pressure; Level; Blood pressure; Stiffness; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Homes for the aged; Predictive factor; Elderly

The aim of the longitudinal PARTAGE study was to determine the predictive value of blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure amplification, a marker of arterial function, for overall mortality (primary endpoint) and major cardiovascular (CV) events, in subjects older than 80 years of age living in a nu...