1. Relationships between muscle sympathetic nerve activity and novel indices of arterial stiffness using single oscillometric cuff in patients with hypertension
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Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Takuto Hamaoka, Hisayoshi Murai, Tadayuki Hirai, Yusuke Mukai, Takashi Kusayama, Shinichiro Takashima, Takeshi Kato, Shigeo Takata, Soichiro Usui, Kenji Sakata, Masa‐Aki Kawashiri, and Masayuki Takamura
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arterial pressure‐volume index ,arterial stiffness ,arterial velocity pulse index ,hypertension ,muscle sympathetic nerve activity ,Physiology ,QP1-981 - Abstract
Abstract The arterial velocity pulse index (AVI) and arterial pressure‐volume index (API) have been proposed as new arterial stiffness indices that can be measured using an oscillometric cuff. Sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) contributes to arterial stiffness via increasing vascular smooth muscle tone. However, the associations between SNA and the AVI or API are not understood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the AVI or API in healthy individuals and patients with hypertension (HT). Forty healthy individuals (40.1 ± 15.2 years, 8 females) (healthy group) and 40 patients with HT (60.2 ± 13.6, 18 females) (HT group) were included in this study. The AVI, API, MSNA, beat‐by‐beat blood pressure, and heart rate were recorded simultaneously. The AVI and API were higher in the HT group than in the healthy group (AVI, 26.1 ± 7.6 vs. 16.5 ± 4.0, p
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- 2022
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