September 1, 2005The American Journal of Geriatric CardiologyOpen Access

Does Increased Arterial Stiffness Increase the Risk for Postural Hypotension?

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Why the study?

Is increased arterial stiffness associated with postural hypotension in older adults?

Population

49 nondiabetic community-dwelling normotensive and hypertensive older adults not receiving vasoactive…

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

5 minutes

Authors

DSDavid SengstockWayne State University PVPeter VaitkeviciusBeaumont Hospital, Dearborn MSMark A. SupianoPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

Increased arterial stiffness was associated with postural SBP rise rather than hypotension; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.

Structured PICO

Is increased arterial stiffness associated with postural hypotension in older adults?

Population

49 nondiabetic community-dwelling normotensive (n=27) and hypertensive (n=22) older adults not receiving vasoactive medications, mean age 71+/-6.7 years

Outcome

Postural blood pressure (BP) response during a 5-minute period of upright posturesurrogate

Contrary to expectations, increased arterial stiffness in older adults is associated with a postural increase in systolic blood pressure rather than postural hypotension.

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Sengstock et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70b9df87f921057127da0b https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1076-7460.2005.04503.x

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Implication

Increased arterial stiffness was associated with postural SBP rise rather than hypotension; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.

Does Increased Arterial Stiffness Increase the Risk for Postural Hypotension?

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Implication

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Does Increased Arterial Stiffness Increase the Risk for Postural Hypotension?

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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