Pulse wave reflection in children

Aortic pulse wave velocity, reflection site distance, and augmentation index.

Assessment of Model Based (Input) Impedance, Pulse Wave Velocity, and Wave Reflection in the Asklepios Cohort

OBJECTIVES Arterial stiffness and wave reflection parameters assessed from both invasive and non-invasive pressure and flow readings are used as surrogates for ventricular and vascular load. They have been reported to predict adverse cardiovascular events, but clinical assessment is laborious and may limit widespread use. This study aims to investigate measures of arterial stiffness and central...

Noninvasive (input) impedance, pulse wave velocity, and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged men and women.

The relation between arterial function indices, such as pulse wave velocity and augmentation index with parameters derived from input impedance analysis, is still incompletely understood. Carotid pressure, central flow waveforms, and pulse wave velocity were noninvasively acquired in 2026 apparently healthy, middle-aged subjects (1052 women and 974 men) 35 to 55 years old at inclusion. Input an...

Pulse Wave Analysis and Pulse Wave Velocity

momanometer that provides arterial pressures (brachial systolic and diastolic pressure) is coming under question. The concerns extend well beyond the familiar issue of “white coat” hypertension, home and 24-h blood pressure recordings, and the phase-out of mercury based instruments. These concerns relate to the inaccuracy of all cuff devices for measuring pressure within the brachial artery, th...

Pulse wave velocity in children following renal transplantation.

BACKGROUND Arterial stiffness (ASt) increases with age, a process accelerated by uraemia and reversed by transplantation (Tx). Increased ASt results in an elevated pulse wave velocity (PWV). METHODS To compare the PWV of Tx patients (n = 25, age = 15.1/95% CI = 13.5-16.7/year) and healthy controls, three control groups were formed: matched for age (A), for height and weight (H/W) and for age ...