| Autor: |
Maria Lembo, Rosa Sicari, Roberta Esposito, Fausto Rigo, Lauro Cortigiani, Francesco Lo Iudice, Eugenio Picano, Bruno Trimarco, Maurizio Galderisi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 6, Iss 7 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2047-9980 |
| DOI: |
10.1161/JAHA.117.005710 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundThe aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship of pulse pressure (PP), a raw index of arterial stiffness, with noninvasively determined coronary flow reserve (CFR) and its components, in patients with angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries. Methods and ResultsThe study population included 398 patients without angiographic evidence of coronary stenosis, who underwent high‐dose dipyridamole stress echocardiography with transthoracic‐derived CFR evaluation on the left anterior descending artery. CFR was calculated as the ratio between high‐dose dipyridamole and resting coronary diastolic peak velocities. Patients were divided into 2 groups: the first group included the first and second PP tertiles (n=298, PP ≤60 mm Hg) and the second group included the highest PP tertile (n=100, PP >60 mm Hg). Mean blood pressure, systolic blood pressure (both P |
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