Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
April 3, 2013Journal of Hypertension

Aortic, but not brachial blood pressure category enhances the ability to identify target organ changes in normotensives

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Why the study?

Does aortic blood pressure measurement better identify target organ changes compared to brachial blood pressure categories in individuals with normal/high-normal blood pressure?

Population

1169 participants from a community sample of African ancestry, including 319 with normal/high-normal blood…

Comparison

Aortic blood pressure measurement using radial… vs Brachial blood pressure categories

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

HBHendrik L. BooysenGNGavin R. NortonMMMuzi J. Maseko

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Overview

Aortic SBP may flag subclinical organ damage missed by brachial categories in normal BP; leaves open prospective validation before clinical use.

Structured PICO

Does aortic blood pressure measurement better identify target organ changes compared to brachial blood pressure categories in individuals with normal/high-normal blood pressure?

P
Population
1169 participants from a community sample of African ancestry, including 319 (27%) with normal/high-normal blood pressure (120-139/80-89 mmHg).
I
Intervention
Aortic blood pressure measurement using radial applanation tonometry and SphygmoCor software
C
Comparator
Brachial blood pressure categories (normal versus high-normal)
O
Outcome
Target organ changes assessed from carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and left ventricular mass indexed to height (LVMI)surrogate

Noninvasively determined aortic blood pressure may better identify individuals with normal/high-normal brachial blood pressure who are at risk for cardiovascular target organ damage.

Cite This Study

Booysen et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70f237f44fa9f079deb26bhttps://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0b013e328360802a
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Brachial Blood Pressure–Independent Relations Between Radial Late Systolic Shoulder-Derived Aortic Pressures and Target Organ Changes2012 · 72 citations
  2. 2Impact of High-Normal Blood Pressure on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease2001 · 2,097 citations
  3. 3Aortic Pressure Augmentation Predicts Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Established Coronary Artery Disease2005 · 365 citations
  4. 4Risk stratification with the risk chart from the European Society of Hypertension compared with SCORE in the general population2009 · 45 citations
  5. 5Effects of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus2010 · 3,635 citations