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Waveform dispersion, not reflection, may be the major determinant of aortic pressure wave morphology

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posted on 2024-06-04, 13:17 authored by SA Hope, David TayDavid Tay, IT Meredith, JD Cameron
The objective of this study was to investigate the determinants of aortic pressure waveform morphology in the thoracoabdominal aorta with specific reference to features of potential prognostic value for cardiovascular disease. In particular, we aimed to determine the location of major pressure wave reflection sites within the aorta. Aortic pressure waveforms were acquired with 2-Fr Millar Mikro-tip catheter transducers in 40 subjects (26 men, 14 women), and repeated in 10 subjects, at five predetermined points within the aorta: aortic root, transverse arch, and at the levels of the diaphragm, renal arteries, and aortic bifurcation. Waveforms were analyzed for augmentation index (AI), time to inflection point ( Ti), and pressure parameters. AI decreased progressively between the aortic root and bifurcation ( P < 0.001), and Ti increased ( P < 0.01). There was the expected progressive peripheral amplification of systolic and pulse pressures and fall in time to peak pressure (all P < 0.001). There was no difference on repeat pullback or between sexes. These data are at variance with the concept that central AI results solely from pressure wave reflection, when Ti would be expected to decrease and AI increase with distal progression. Pressure wave propagation phenomena may contribute, and the potential role of frequency dispersion merits investigation.

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Journal

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volume

289

Pagination

H2497-H2502

Location

United States

ISSN

0363-6135

eISSN

1522-1539

Language

en

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

6 58-6

Publisher

American Physiological Society