Response: Pulse Wave Velocity, Heart Rate, and Blood Pressure

Arterial pulse wave velocity and heart rate.

Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity and Heart Rate

To the Editor: The concerns raised by Lantelme et al1 about the relationship between heart rate and pulse wave velocity (PWV) properly apply to the method they employed, not to the conventional method, nor to the long-established relationship between PWV and arterial stiffness. Lantelme et al used Complior, as did the 3 other studies (Lantelme references 8, 15, 17), which appeared to show incre...

Heart rate: an important confounder of pulse wave velocity assessment.

Arterial stiffness is a strong determinant of cardiovascular risk. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an index of arterial stiffness, and its prognostic value has been repeatedly emphasized. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effect of heart rate (HR) on PWV. Twenty-two subjects with a mean age of 77.8+/-8.4 (SD) years and permanent cardiac pacing were studied. In each subject, PWV wa...

The Product of Resting Heart Rate Times Blood Pressure Is Associated with High Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity

OBJECTIVE To investigate potential associations between resting heart rate, blood pressure and the product of both, and the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) as a maker of arterial stiffness. METHODS The community-based "Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community (APAC) Study" examined asymptomatic polyvascular abnormalities in a general Chinese population and included part...

Central aortic pressure influences pulse wave velocity.

Central Aortic Pressure Influences Pulse Wave Velocity To the Editor: The study reported by Lantelme and colleagues1 suggests that increasing heart rate is independently associated with higher aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV). We are concerned that the authors of this study have neither addressed the impact of central aortic pressure changes on PWV nor the presence of potential bias in their st...