TY - JOUR
T1 - Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity as an early indicator of left ventricular diastolic function among hypertensive subjects
AU - Wang, Chao Ping
AU - Hung, Wei Chin
AU - Yu, Teng Hung
AU - Hsu, Hui Ling
AU - Chen, Yen Hsun
AU - Chiu, Cheng An
AU - Lu, Li Fen
AU - Chung, Fu Mei
AU - Cheng, Ya Ai
AU - Lee, Yau Jiunn
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the National Science Council and the E-Da Hospital of the Republic of China, Taiwan, for financially supporting this research under Contract No. NSC 94–2314–B–475–001 and EDAH–971001. Staff and members of the heart care teams are appreciated for their assistance in various measurements and other organizational aspects of this study.
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - While increased arterial stiffness is a known risk of cardiovascular disease, pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a conventionally adopted index of arterial stiffness. However, the relationship between PWV and left ventricular functions are not thoroughly evaluated. This cross-sectional study investigated whether PWV measurement is an early indicator of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. A noninvasive, volume-plethysmographic apparatus was used to determine blood pressure, electrocardiogram, heart sounds, and PWV in 42 consecutively diagnosed subjects with hypertension, and 42 sex- and age-matched nonhypertension subjects were studied. Arterial stiffness and aortic stiffness were evaluated by brachial-ankle (b-a) PWV, heart-carotid (h-c) PWV, heart-femoral (h-f) PWV, carotid-femoral (c-f) PWV, and femoral-ankle (f-a) PWV. Function of LV was estimated by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) echocardiography. Hypertension subjects exhibited higher b-a PWV and late diastolic mitral flow velocity values than those of nonhypertensive subjects. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that LV diastolic function (Emav) negatively correlated with c-f PWV and b-a PWV. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that b-a PWV was independently and negatively associated with LV diastolic function (Emav). Further analysis by stratified hypertensive status, the b-a PWV were independently and negatively associated with Emav in hypertensive subjects (p = 0.004) only. In conclusion, the b-a PWV, but not c-f PWV, h-c PWV, h-f PWV, or f-a PWV, is significantly correlated with LV diastolic function in hypertensive subjects, indicating that b-a PWV involving both central and peripheral components of arterial stiffness may be an early indicator of LV dysfunction.
AB - While increased arterial stiffness is a known risk of cardiovascular disease, pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a conventionally adopted index of arterial stiffness. However, the relationship between PWV and left ventricular functions are not thoroughly evaluated. This cross-sectional study investigated whether PWV measurement is an early indicator of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. A noninvasive, volume-plethysmographic apparatus was used to determine blood pressure, electrocardiogram, heart sounds, and PWV in 42 consecutively diagnosed subjects with hypertension, and 42 sex- and age-matched nonhypertension subjects were studied. Arterial stiffness and aortic stiffness were evaluated by brachial-ankle (b-a) PWV, heart-carotid (h-c) PWV, heart-femoral (h-f) PWV, carotid-femoral (c-f) PWV, and femoral-ankle (f-a) PWV. Function of LV was estimated by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) echocardiography. Hypertension subjects exhibited higher b-a PWV and late diastolic mitral flow velocity values than those of nonhypertensive subjects. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that LV diastolic function (Emav) negatively correlated with c-f PWV and b-a PWV. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that b-a PWV was independently and negatively associated with LV diastolic function (Emav). Further analysis by stratified hypertensive status, the b-a PWV were independently and negatively associated with Emav in hypertensive subjects (p = 0.004) only. In conclusion, the b-a PWV, but not c-f PWV, h-c PWV, h-f PWV, or f-a PWV, is significantly correlated with LV diastolic function in hypertensive subjects, indicating that b-a PWV involving both central and peripheral components of arterial stiffness may be an early indicator of LV dysfunction.
KW - Arterial stiffness
KW - Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity
KW - Hypertension
KW - LV diastolic function
KW - Tissue Doppler imaging
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U2 - 10.1080/10641960802409796
DO - 10.1080/10641960802409796
M3 - Article
C2 - 19172457
AN - SCOPUS:60549087174
VL - 31
SP - 31
EP - 43
JO - Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
JF - Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
SN - 1064-1963
IS - 1
ER -
