Background Central aortic pressures and waveform convey important information about
cardiovascular status, but direct measurements are invasive. Peripheral pressures can be …

Elevated central aortic pressure indices (eg, systolic pressure and pulse pressure) predict
cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality in addition to structural changes (eg, left ventricular …

The augmentation index (AIx) and “oscillatory” compliance (C2) are wave contour analysis
parameters for the central aorta (Pao) and radial artery pressure wave (Prad), respectively …

Background: Central blood pressure (BP) is a useful predictor of cardiovascular risk.
Recently, a fully automated device that measures central SBP (cSBP) from radial late SBP …

Objectives: Compare seven previous methods for the estimation of aortic characteristic
impedance, which contributes to left ventricle pulsatile load, from phase-contrast …

Background: The prognostic role of aortic stiffness, measured as carotid-femoral pulse wave
velocity (PWV), is well known. In contrast, the prognostic impact of true aortic PWV, as …

Objectives A number of operator-independent oscillometric devices to measure
hemodynamics and arterial stiffness became available recently, but some and in particular …

Data on the relationship between arterial pulsatile hemodynamics and aortic root geometry,
using invasive hemodynamic measurement, has been scarce. Thus, this study aimed to …

Methods Eighty-seven participants (60% men), mean age 34.26±16.58 years, were enrolled
in a cross-sectional study. All patients were subjected to sequential measures of aortic PWV …

The central aortic pressure waveform, while simple in form, is complex in its physiological
interpretation. Although general agreement has been reached on the contour and …