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The “Pulse Time Index of Norm” highly correlates with the left ventricular mass index in patients with arterial hypertension

BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness, as measured by the pulse wave velocity (PWV), is recommended for routine use in clinical practice as an important parameter for the evaluation of cardiovascular risk.1 New 24-hour monitors (eg, with Vasotens® technology; Petr Telegin Company, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian...

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Autores principales: Posokhov, Igor N, Kulikova, Natalya N, Starchenkova, Irina V, Grigoricheva, Elena A, Evdokimov, Vitaly V, Orlov, Artemy V, Rogoza, Anatoly N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24672245
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S58351
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness, as measured by the pulse wave velocity (PWV), is recommended for routine use in clinical practice as an important parameter for the evaluation of cardiovascular risk.1 New 24-hour monitors (eg, with Vasotens® technology; Petr Telegin Company, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation) provide single PWV measurements as well as several PWV measurements over a period of 24 hours.2 Such 24-hour pulse wave analysis led to the development of the novel Pulse Time Index of Norm (PTIN), which is defined as the percentage of a 24-hour period during which the PWV does not exceed the 10 m/second PWV threshold. The aim of this study is to test the new PTIN for correlation with the left ventricular mass index (LVMI). METHODS: Oscillometrically generated waveform files (n=137) used for clinical research studies were reanalyzed using the new 2013 version of the Vasotens technology program, which enables PTIN calculations. RESULTS: A good correlation (r=−0.72) between the PTIN and the LVMI was shown, which was significantly above the blood pressure load (r=0.41). CONCLUSION: The PTIN generated by the Vasotens technology can be recommended as an indicator of end organ damage via hypertension.