TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of arterial stiffness on cardiovascular outcome in patients without high blood pressure
AU - Ichikawa, Keishi
AU - Sakuragi, Satoru
AU - Nishihara, Takahiro
AU - Tsuji, Masahiro
AU - Mori, Atsushi
AU - Yokohama, Fumi
AU - Wada, Tadashi
AU - Hasegawa, Daiji
AU - Kawamoto, Kenji
AU - Tanakaya, Machiko
AU - Katayama, Yusuke
AU - Ito, Hiroshi
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PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Although blood pressure (BP) is a major determinant of arterial stiffness, whether high pulse wave velocity (PWV) adversely influences cardiac parameters and cardiovascular (CV) outcome in patients without high BP remains unclear. METHODS: Outpatients without high BP (n=320), defined as systolic BP ≥140 mm Hg, were enrolled in this retrospective study. At baseline, all patients underwent echocardiography and multidetector CT to determine the coronary artery calcification (CAC) score. Arterial stiffness was assessed based on brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV), from which patients were classified into two groups: those with high (≥18 m/s, n=89) and low baPWV (<18 m/s, n=231). Cardiac parameters and CV event incidence during the follow-up period were compared between these groups. RESULTS: In multivariable linear regression analysis, baPWV was significantly associated with CAC score and serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide hormone level, after adjustment for confounding factors. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, baPWV ≥18 m/s was significantly associated with CAC score ≥400 (OR 2.466, 95% CI 1.012 to 6.009, p=0.0471). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the high-baPWV group experienced more CV events during the 575 days of follow-up (20% vs 6%, p=0.0003). CONCLUSIONS: High baPWV was associated with greater CAC and a high risk of a future CV event, especially coronary artery disease, even in patients without high BP.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Although blood pressure (BP) is a major determinant of arterial stiffness, whether high pulse wave velocity (PWV) adversely influences cardiac parameters and cardiovascular (CV) outcome in patients without high BP remains unclear. METHODS: Outpatients without high BP (n=320), defined as systolic BP ≥140 mm Hg, were enrolled in this retrospective study. At baseline, all patients underwent echocardiography and multidetector CT to determine the coronary artery calcification (CAC) score. Arterial stiffness was assessed based on brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV), from which patients were classified into two groups: those with high (≥18 m/s, n=89) and low baPWV (<18 m/s, n=231). Cardiac parameters and CV event incidence during the follow-up period were compared between these groups. RESULTS: In multivariable linear regression analysis, baPWV was significantly associated with CAC score and serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide hormone level, after adjustment for confounding factors. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, baPWV ≥18 m/s was significantly associated with CAC score ≥400 (OR 2.466, 95% CI 1.012 to 6.009, p=0.0471). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the high-baPWV group experienced more CV events during the 575 days of follow-up (20% vs 6%, p=0.0003). CONCLUSIONS: High baPWV was associated with greater CAC and a high risk of a future CV event, especially coronary artery disease, even in patients without high BP.
KW - Coronary Artery Disease
KW - Hypertension
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U2 - 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311751
DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311751
M3 - Article
C2 - 28814492
AN - SCOPUS:85056274698
SN - 1355-6037
VL - 104
SP - 318
EP - 323
JO - Heart (British Cardiac Society)
JF - Heart (British Cardiac Society)
IS - 4
ER -