Usefulness of Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity in Prediction of Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

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BACKGROUND: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an excellent index of arterial stiffness and can be used to predict long-term cardiovascular (CV) outcome. In recent years, estimated PWV (ePWV), calculated by equations using age and mean blood pressure, was also reported to be a significant predictor of CV outcomes. However, there was no literature discussing about usefulness of ePWV in patients of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for prediction of long-term CV and overall mortality. Therefore, we conducted this study for further evaluation.

METHODS: A total of 187 patients with AMI admitted to cardiac care unit were enrolled. ePWV were calculated by the equations for each patient.

RESULTS: The median follow-up to mortality was 73 months (25th-75th percentile: 8-174 months). There were 35 and 125 patients documented as CV and overall mortality, respectively. Under univariable analysis, ePWV could independently predict long-term CV and overall mortality. However, after multivariable analysis, ePWV could only predict long-term CV mortality in AMI patients.

CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, our study was the first to evaluate the usefulness of ePWV in AMI patients for prediction of long-term CV and overall mortality. Our study showed ePWV was not only easy to calculate by formula, but also an independent predictor for long-term CV mortality in univariable and multivariable analyses. Therefore, ePWV was a simple and useful tool to measure arterial stiffness and to predict CV mortality outcome in AMI patients without the necessity for equipment to measure PWV.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:361

Enthalten in:

The American journal of the medical sciences - 361(2021), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 479-484

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hsu, Po-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Wen-Hsien [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Wei-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Nai-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Ching-Tang [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Cheng-An [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Chun-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Tsung-Hsien [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Wen-Ter [VerfasserIn]
Sheu, Sheng-Hsiung [VerfasserIn]
Su, Ho-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute myocardial infarction
Cardiovascular
Estimated pulse wave velocity
Journal Article
Mortality
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.04.2021

Date Revised 23.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amjms.2020.10.023

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321954203