Comparsion of central aortic pressure to brachial artery pressure in hypertensive patients on drug treatment: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High brachial blood pressure (BP) is an important cardiovascular risk factor. However major differences in central systolic BP can occur among people with similar brachial systolic BP. It is known that central aortic pressure responses to antihypertensive therapy can differ substantially from brachial BP responses, such that true treatment effects cannot be gauged from conventional brachial BP.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine if adequate control of brachial BP was concordant with central BP control in treated hypertensive subjects.

Methods

Non-invasive acquisition of brachial and central pressures and wave forms was obtained from 100 subjects with systemic arterial hypertension on drug therapy and 50 healthy individuals. After all necessa

SUBMITTER: Baba BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309878 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature