Association of Bilateral Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Difference with Peripheral Vascular Disease and Left Ventricular Mass Index

Ho-Ming Su, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Po-Chao Hsu, Wen-Hsien Lee, Chun-Yuan Chu, Szu-Chia Chen, Chee-Siong Lee, Wen-Chol Voon, Wen-Ter Lai and Sheng-Hsiung Sheu

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-6

Abstract: Unequal arterial stiffness had been associated with cardiovascular risks. We investigated whether an association existed between unequal arterial stiffness indicated by bilateral brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) difference and ankle-brachial index (ABI), baPWV, echocardiographic parameters and interarm and interankle systolic blood pressure (BP) differences. A total of 1111 patients referred for echocardiographic examination were included in this study. The BPs, ABI and baPWV were measured simultaneously by an ABI-form device. The ΔbaPWV was defined as absolute value of difference between bilateral baPWV. We performed three multivariate analyses for determining the factors associated with a ΔbaPWV ≧ 185 cm/s (90 percentile of ΔbaPWV) (model 1: significant variables in univariate analysis and ABI

Date: 2014
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