Why the study?
Is the pulse wave velocity-to-global longitudinal strain ratio better associated with vascular and cardiac damage than the arterial elastance-to-left ventricular elastance index in newly-diagnosed untreated hypertensives?
Population
299 newly-diagnosed untreated hypertensives and a control group
Comparison
Measurement of pulse wave velocity-to-global… vs Measurement of arterial elastance-to-left…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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PWV/GLS ratio may better associate with damage than Ea/Ees; hypothesis-generating for refined coupling assessment, needs validation.
Is the pulse wave velocity-to-global longitudinal strain ratio better associated with vascular and cardiac damage than the arterial elastance-to-left ventricular elastance index in newly-diagnosed untreated hypertensives?
The PWV/GLS ratio is a superior marker of ventricular-arterial coupling compared to the traditional arterial elastance-to-left ventricular elastance index for identifying vascular and cardiac damage in untreated hypertensive patients.
Ikonomidis et al. (2018) studied this question.
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