May 9, 2006Journal of Hypertension
How to assess arterial compliance in humans
Population
Large group of elderly subjects from the general population
Design
Editorial
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Discussion
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Implication
Different non-invasive methods for assessing arterial compliance are feasible in elderly populations but yield indices that are only modestly correlated with each other.
Structured PICO
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Population
Large group of elderly subjects from the general population (Prospective Study of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors study)
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Intervention
Assessment of arterial distensibility by carotid artery ultrasound evaluation (CCA), pulse-wave analysis focusing on the augmentation index (AI), and assessment of the stroke volume/pulse pressure (SV/PP) ratio through echocardiography
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Outcome
Feasibility of three techniques for arterial compliance assessment, intercorrelation among the parameters, and their relation with the Framingham cardiovascular risk scoresurrogate
Different non-invasive methods for assessing arterial compliance are feasible in elderly populations but yield indices that are only modestly correlated with each other.
Cite This Study
Parati et al. (2006) studied this question.