Systolic aortic pressure derived from different calibration methods in the general population

Background: There is recent evidence from different research groups that accuracy [1] and prognostic value [2,3,4] of systolic aortic pressure significantly depends on the method of calibration. Although these results consistently show superiority of mean pressure calibration (aSBP2) over both, traditional calibrated aortic systolic (aSBP1) and brachial systolic pressure (bSBP), the investigated cohorts were relatively small and it is still unclear whether the observed associations between pressures are preserved in the general population.

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Siegfried Wassertheurer, Bernhard Hametner, Christopher Mayer, Ahmed Hafez, Thomas Weber Source Type: research