Why the study?
Does arterial stiffness correlate with disease severity, diastolic dysfunction, and plasma aldosterone levels in patients with mild to moderate congestive heart failure?
Does arterial stiffness correlate with disease severity, diastolic dysfunction, and plasma aldosterone levels in patients with mild to moderate congestive heart failure?
Arterial stiffening in heart failure correlates with disease severity, diastolic dysfunction, and elevated plasma aldosterone levels, suggesting a role for aldosterone in altering arterial mechanical properties.
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May associate aortic stiffness with diastolic dysfunction in HF; hypothesis-generating, leaves open causal role of aldosterone.
Giannattasio et al. (2004) studied this question.
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