BACKGROUND Through the impact of conventional risk factors on arteries, several changes
in aortic function contribute to cardiovascular events. It is nevertheless uncertain whether …

A decreased aortic-to-brachial pulse pressure (PP) amplification, which is independently
associated with cardiovascular outcomes, may index several aortic functional changes …

Aims: To determine whether brachial blood pressure (BP)-independent relations between
aortic pressure and cardiovascular damage are better explained by reflected …

Background: Aortic stiffness is assessed by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and predicts the
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of hypertensive patients. To determine the long-term …

We read with interest the article by Jankowski et al1 about the cardiovascular risk associated
with central aortic pulse pressure (aPP). Because the measurement of aPP by invasive …

Objectives The aortic augmentation index (AI) and aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) are
known to be indicators of arterial stiffness. However, it is not clear whether aortic AI and PWV …

Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) and backward waves, as determined from wave separation
analysis, predict cardiovascular events beyond brachial blood pressure. However, the extent …

Objective: Aortic stiffness may provide information to classical risk factors information
regarding cardiovascular risk. Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) can be measured by …

Aging is associated with increased central aortic systolic pressure (CSP) and pulse pressure
which are predictive of cardiovascular events. Mechanisms implicated for higher central …

Although brachial‐ankle pulse wave velocity (ba PWV) has been widely used as an index of
arterial stiffness, no consensus exists about whether ba PWV can reflect central aortic …