Measurement of Arterial Stiffness : A Novel Tool of Risk Stratification in Hypertension

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries worldwide, despite highly effective preventive treatments available. As a difference continues to exist between the estimated and true number of events, further improvement of risk stratification is an essential part of cardiovascular research.Among hypertensive patients measurement of arterial stiffness parameters, like carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) or brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) can contribute to the identification of high-risk subpopulation of patients. This is a hot topic of vascular research including the possibility of the non-invasive measurement of central hemodynamics, wave reflections and recently, 24-h arterial stiffness monitoring as well. This chapter discusses the past and the present of this area including the scientific achievements with cfPWV, baPWV and other measures, provides a short overview of methodologies and the representation of arterial stiffness parameters in guidelines.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:956

Enthalten in:

Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 956(2017) vom: 10., Seite 475-488

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nemcsik, János [VerfasserIn]
Cseprekál, Orsolya [VerfasserIn]
Tislér, András [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arterial stiffness
Guidelines
Hypertension
Journal Article
Pulse wave velocity
Review

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Date Completed 30.10.2017

Date Revised 30.10.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/5584_2016_78

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM265163161