Progress and a prospective:brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity for assessing cardiovascular risks
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2019.05.028
- VernacularTitle:臂踝脉搏波传导速度对心血管疾病风险评估的研究进展
- Author:
Kun WANG
1
;
Chengyun LIU
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属协和医院综合科
- Keywords:
Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity;
Arteriosclerosis;
Risk factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2019;38(5):591-593
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
It is urgent to establish a model of cardiovascular risk assessment.Pulse wave velocity(PWV),which is increased along with advancing age,high blood pressure,diabetes,and other traditional cardiovascular risks,could be used as a risk marker for global cardiovascular risk assessment.Carotid-femoral PWV has been widely applied in Western countries and used as a gold standard for arterial stiffness.However,carotid-femoral PWV has not been widely carried out in China,possibly because of methodological difficulties.Brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV)is simple,economical,non-invasive and easily repeatable,and many researches on baPWV have been widely studied in recent years.Many evidences have indicated that baPWV is positively and independently correlated with the most traditional cardiovascular risk factors and arteriosclerosis-detecting indexes.Moreover,the simultaneous evaluation of the ankle-brachial index(ABI)could allow further risk stratification of high-risk individuals,which is indispensable for the management of aged people with multiple risks and many vascular diseases.