September 21, 2010Circulation
Hemodynamic Correlates of Blood Pressure Across the Adult Age Spectrum
Why the study?
What are the primary hemodynamic correlates of higher pulse pressure across the adult age spectrum?
Population
Adults across the age spectrum
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May redirect focus from wave reflection to forward wave amplitude in hypertension assessment; leaves open causal validation in prospective studies.
Structured PICO
What are the primary hemodynamic correlates of higher pulse pressure across the adult age spectrum?
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Population
Adults across the age spectrum
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Outcome
Hemodynamic correlates of pulse pressure (forward pressure wave and wave reflection)surrogate
Age-related increases in pulse pressure are primarily driven by a larger forward pressure wave rather than wave reflection.
Cite This Study
Mitchell et al. (2010) studied this question.