Population
Patients with hypertension and various cardiovascular risk factors
Design
Review
Key result
Arterial stiffness and wave reflection are increasingly recognized as key determinants of systolic and pulse pressures and are useful in the clinical assessment of patients with hypertension.
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May aid hypertension evaluation beyond cuff BP; extends pathophysiological insights but leaves open prospective outcome trials.
This review highlights the growing clinical utility of assessing arterial stiffness and wave reflection in the management and pathophysiology of human hypertension.
Laurent et al. (2007) conducted a review in Hypertension. Arterial stiffness and wave reflection assessment was evaluated. Arterial stiffness and wave reflection are increasingly recognized as key determinants of systolic and pulse pressures and are useful in the clinical assessment of patients with hypertension.