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Validation of a new piezo-electronic device for non-invasive measurement of arterial pulse wave velocity according to the artery society guidelines

Authors
Margarita S. Morales*, Paula E. Cuffaro, Jessica Barochiner, Marcelo A. Rada, Jose Alfie, Lucas Aparicio, Marcos Marin, Carlos R. Galarza, Gabriel D. Waisman
Hypertension Section, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Corresponding author. Juan D. Perón 4190 (C1181ACH), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel.: +54 11 4959 0200; fax: +54 11 4958 4454. E-mail address: margarita.morales@hospitalitaliano.org.ar (M.S. Morales).
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Margarita S. Morales
Received 3 February 2015, Revised 13 March 2015, Accepted 19 March 2015, Available Online 11 April 2015.
DOI
10.1016/j.artres.2015.03.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Arterial stiffness; Pulse wave velocity; Validation; Piezo-electronic
Abstract

Our aim was to validate a new device for pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurement – Aortic according to the recommendations of the Artery Society and using SphygmoCor as the comparator device.

Methods: 85 subjects 18–80 years-old from both sexes were included, divided into 3 age-groups: <30, 30–60 and >60 years (minimum of 25 individuals per group) and with an equal number of hypertensive and normotensive subjects per group. Weight, height, blood pressure (BP) and PWV were assessed, performing 6 PWV determinations per subject: 3 with Aortic and 3 with SphygmoCor, in an alternate fashion. The Bland–Altman method was used to establish the level of agreement between the two devices.

Results: PWV was 6.96 (±1.84) and 7 (±1.54) m/s with Aortic and SphygmoCor, respectively, showing a high correlation: r = 0.89, p < 0.001. Applying the Bland–Altman method, the mean difference between devices was 0.02 (±0.84) m/s, which is considered an excellent level of agreement. Of the study population, 75.3% (n = 64), 15.3% (n = 13) and 9.4% (n = 8) reached an excellent (mean difference ≤0.5 ± 0.8 m/s), acceptable (mean difference ≤1.0 ± 1.5 m/s) and poor (mean difference ≥ 1.0 ± 1.5 m/s) level of agreement, respectively.

Conclusion: Aortic showed an excellent level of agreement with SphygmoCor, the reference method, according to the Artery Society recommendations for PWV measurement. This was observed particularly for lower PWV values.

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Journal
Artery Research
Volume-Issue
10 - C
Pages
32 - 37
Publication Date
2015/04/11
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
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1872-9312
DOI
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© 2015 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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