U-shaped relationship of reservoir pressure to cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Objectives: Parameters of aortic stiffness are considered important indicators of cardiovascular risk. However, in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), their association to outcome was found to be inversed. The aim of this work was to analyze the relationship of the amplitude of reservoir pressure (PresAmp) to cardiovascular events in HFrEF.

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