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Central blood pressure estimation in type 1 diabetes: impact and implications of peripheral calibration method
Methods:A cross-sectional study in T1DM patients without known cardiovascular disease. Radial artery BP waveforms were acquired using applanation tonometry (SphygmoCor) for the estimation of central SBP, central pulse pressure (PP) and central augmentation pressure, using either brachial SBP/DBP or MAP/DBP for the calibration of the radial pressure waveforms.
Results: Fifty-four patients (age: 46 ± 9.5 years; T1DM duration: 27 ± 8.8 years) were evaluated. Central BP parameters were significantly higher when brachial MAP/DBP-calibration was used compared with brachial SBP/DBP-calibration (7.5 ± 5.04, 7.5 ± 5.04 and 1.5 ± 1.36 mmHg higher central SBP, central PP and central augmentation pressure, respectively, P < 0.001).
Conclusions: In patients with T1DM, there are significant differences in central BP values estimated with radial artery tonometry, depending on the method used for calibration of the radial waveforms. Brachial MAP/DBP-calibration resulted in consistently higher central BP as compared to using brachial SBP/DBP, leading to patient re-stratification. Hence, the accuracy of noninvasive estimation of central BP by radial tonometry is dependent on calibration approach, and this problem must be resolved in validation studies using an invasive reference standard to determine which method best estimates true central BP.
History
Publication title
Journal of HypertensionVolume
41Pagination
115-121ISSN
1473-5598Department/School
Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchPublisher
Lippincott Williams & WilkinsPlace of publication
LondonRights statement
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