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Relationship of ambulatory arterial stiffness index with blood pressure response to exercise in the early stages of hypertension.
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PMID:  20216408     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate the plausible interrelationship of exaggerated blood pressure response during exercise (EBPR) with ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) in never-treated patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension. METHODS: Ninety-nine never-treated hypertensive patients (aged 50.7 years, 61 male) underwent 24 h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) recording, complete echocardiographic study and treadmill exercise testing and were classified as patients with (n=36) and without EBPR (n=63) based on the systolic BP elevation at peak exercise (>or=210 mmHg for men and >or=190 mmHg for women). Arterial stiffness was evaluated by means of both AASI and pulse wave velocity (PWV). RESULTS: Hypertensives with EBPR, compared with those without EBPR, exhibited significantly higher 24 h systolic BP and pulse pressure (by 3.8 mmHg, P=0.041 and by 7.2 mmHg, P<0.001, respectively), and decreased peak early diastolic velocity and peak early diastolic velocity/peak atrial systolic velocity ratio (by 1.1 cm/s and by 0.11, both P<0.05, respectively). PWV and AASI values were higher in the EBPR group compared with the normal response group independently of confounders (by 0.9 m/s, P<0.001 and by 0.06, P=0.043, respectively). PWV (beta=0.308, P=0.008) and 24-h pulse pressure (beta=0.297, P=0.010), but not AASI, were independently associated with peak exercise systolic BP. CONCLUSION: EBPR constitutes a sign of premature cardiovascular stiffening in the setting of uncomplicated hypertension. The close relationship between EBPR and PWV but not AASI enhances the concept of PWV as a superior measure of arterial stiffness and constitutes an important factor in the interpretation of EBPR-linked cardiovascular risk.
Authors:
Dimitris Tsiachris; Costas Tsioufis; Kyriakos Dimitriadis; Peter Kokkinos; Charles Faselis; Dimitris Tousoulis; Andreas Michaelides; Vasilios Papademetriou; Christodoulos Stefanadis
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Blood pressure monitoring     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1473-5725     ISO Abbreviation:  Blood Press Monit     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-13     Completed Date:  2010-08-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9606438     Medline TA:  Blood Press Monit     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  132-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
First Cardiology Clinic, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blood Flow Velocity*
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Elasticity
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Test
Female
Humans
Hypertension / pathology,  physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Pulsatile Flow*
Vascular Resistance

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