Increase in the Arterial Velocity Pulse Index of Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

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Naotaka MurataHirofumi Tomiyama

Abstract

Recently, a simple parameter calculated from the brachial pressure waveform recorded using an oscillometric device (arterial velocity pulse index [AVI]: ratio of the forward/reflected pressure wave amplitudes) has become available to assess the pathophysiological abnormalities associated with vascular damage. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) represents one of the disease entities associated with the advanced stages of atherosclerotic vascular damage. The present study was conducted to examine whether an increase in the AVI might be influenced by the presence of PAD. The AVI was measured from oscillometric recordings of the brachial pressure waveform, and the ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) was determined by an oscillometric method. Study 1: In 341 consecutive patients admitted for the management of cardiovascular disease and/or cardiovascular risk factors, the ABPI and the AVI were measured simultaneously. An ABPI ≤0.90 was observed in 19 subjects, and logistic regression analysis revealed a significant association between AVI and ABPI ≤0.90 (odds ratio = 1.81; 95% confidence interval = 1.15-2.84; p = 0.01). Study 2: In another 19 patients with PAD, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty resulted in a decrease in the AVI fro...Continue Reading

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