(1) Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, 500082 Hyderabad, India;(2) Department of Cardiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, 500082 Hyderabad, India
Abstract:
Background
Availability of a range of techniques and devices allow measurement of many variables related to the stiffness of large or
medium sized arteries. There is good evidence that, pulse wave velocity is a relatively simple measurement and is a good indicator
of changes in arterial properties. The pulse wave velocity calculated from pulse wave recording by other methods like doppler
or tonometry is tedious, time-consuming and above all their reproducibility depends on the operator skills. It requires intensive
resource involvement. For epidemiological studies these methods are not suitable. The aim of our study was to clinically evaluate
the validity and reproducibility of a new automatic device for measurement of pulse wave velocity that can be used in such
studies.