| Regional pulse wave velocities in hypertensive and normotensive humans (1990) | |||||||||||
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| Study objective – The aim was to compare regional wave transmission and reflection properties along the aorta in age matched normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Design – Simultaneous upstream and downstream micromanometer pressures were recorded at five regions from the ascending aorta to the iliac artery. Recordings were made in the baseline condition in both groups and during sustained isometric handgrip exercise in the normotensives to see if increasing the blood pressure to hypertensive levels would eliminate baseline differences between the two groups. Subjects – Only subjects who had no coronary or valvular heart disease were studied. Normotensive subjects (n = 8) were selected from those undergoing electrophysiological testing whose blood pressures were consistently in the normal range (systolic | |||||||||||
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