Arterial wave reflections and incident cardiovascular events and heart failure: MESA (Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to assess the relationship between central pressure profiles and cardiovascular events (CVEs) in a large community-based sample.

Background

Experimental and physiologic data mechanistically implicate wave reflections in the pathogenesis of left ventricular failure and cardiovascular disease, but their association with these outcomes in the general population is unclear.

Methods

Aortic pressure waveforms were derived from a generalized transfer function applied to the radial pressure waveform recorded noninvasively from 5,960 participants in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. The central pressure waveform was separated into forward and reflected waves using a physiologic flow waveform. Reflection magnitude (RM = [Reflected/Forward wa

SUBMITTER: Chirinos JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4065497 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature