title: American Society of Hypertension position paper: central blood pressure waveforms in health and disease.
abstract: A number of devices are available which noninvasively estimate central aortic blood pressure using a variety of approaches such as tonometry or oscillometry. In this position paper, we discuss how the central pressure waveform is generated and measured, how central pressure waveforms appear in health and disease, the predictive value of central blood pressure measurements, the effects of interventions on waveforms, and areas of future need in this field of clinical and research endeavor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: townsend@exchange.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosendorff
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Wilmer W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Julio A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chirinos
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernhall
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cushman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000367:Age Factors; D062186:Arterial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis / Q000379:methods; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Augmentation index; central arterial pressure; pulse pressure augmentation; pulse wave analysis