Influence of obesity in central blood pressure
| Autor: | Antonio Vicente, Empar Lurbe, G. Pichler, Oscar Calaforra, Fernando Martinez, Josep Redon, E. Solaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Brachial Artery Physiology Cross-sectional study Blood Pressure Overweight Pulse Wave Analysis Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine.artery Oscillometry Internal Medicine medicine Outpatient clinic Humans Arterial Pressure cardiovascular diseases Obesity Risk factor Brachial artery Pulse wave velocity Aged business.industry Blood Pressure Determination Middle Aged medicine.disease Blood pressure Cross-Sectional Studies Hypertension Radial Artery Cardiology Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of hypertension. 33(2) |
| ISSN: | 1473-5598 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has become a major concern in healthcare due to its high prevalence worldwide. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of BMI on central blood pressure (BP) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) in normotensive and hypertensive patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Normotensive and hypertensive adult patients who attended the outpatient clinic of cardiovascular risk were included. Peripheral BP was obtained in the brachial artery by using an oscillometric device (OMRON M-6). Central aortic BP waveform was reconstructed from the radial artery pressure waveforms (SphygmoCor, AtCor Medical, Sydney, Australia) and central BP was calculated. Carotid-femoral PWV was measured by an automatic device (Complior, Artech, France). RESULTS We examined a total of 351 patients [50.7% women; 77 patients normal-weight (BMI |
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