... ‘arterial stiffness’ denotes alterations in the mechanical properties of arteries, and much effort has focused on how best to measure this. Pulse pressure, pulse wave velocity, pulse waveform analysis, localized assessment of blood vessel mechanics and other methods have all been used. We review...

...Denis CHEMLA; Jean-Louis HÉBERT; Eduardo APTECAR; Jean-Xavier MAZOIT; Karen ZAMANI; Robert FRANK; Guy FONTAINE; Alain NITENBERG; Yves LECARPENTIER Mean arterial pressure (MAP) is estimated at the brachial artery level by adding a fraction of pulse pressure (form factor; = 0.33) to diastolic...

...Anne Cooper; Anthony M. Heagerty 1. Adaptive changes in small arteries may be more closely correlated with pulse pressure than with systolic, diastolic or mean blood pressures in human essential hypertension. 2. An analysis was performed on the structure of small arteries, age and blood pressure...

... arterial pressure and pulse pressure respectively, in a sex-specific manner. 2. A cohort of 299 subjects (152 males, 147 females; 25–80 years of age) was studied. Patients presenting congestive heart failure, coronary insufficiency, severe valvular heart disease, neurological accident in the last 6 months...