Automatic or manual arterial path for the ankle-brachial differences pulse wave velocity.

ABSTRACT: An automated method for measuring arterial path length with devices that determine pulse wave velocity (PWV) in peripheral arteries is frequently applied. We aimed to compare arterial path length measurements based on mathematical height-based formulas with those measured manually and to assess whether the ankle-brachial difference (abD-PWV) measured with the VOPITB device is comparable to that obtained by manual measurements. In 245 patients, a metric measuring tape was used to determine the arterial path length from the suprasternal notch to the midpoint of the VOPITB cuffs wrapped around the extremities, and the results were compared with those obtained with height-based formulas. We examined the relationship between the abD-PWV measured with both methods. The arterial path length measu

SUBMITTER: Sanchez Munoz-Torrero JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211696 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature