Association of 24-h central hemodynamics and stiffness with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. The VASOTENS Registry

• Published in: Journal of hypertension Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 1590 - 1597
• Main Authors: Omboni, Stefano, Alfie, Jose, Arystan, Ayana, Avolio, Alberto, Barin, Edward, Bokusheva, Jamilya, Bulanova, Natalia, Butlin, Mark, Cuffaro, Paula, Derevyanchenko, Maria, Grigoricheva, Elena, Gurevich, Alexandra, Konradi, Alexandra, Muiesan, Maria Lorenza, Paini, Anna, Pereira, Telmo, Statsenko, Mikhail E, Tan, Isabella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01-09-2024
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure - physiology; Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Female; Hemodynamics; Humans; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - mortality; Hypertension - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Pulse Wave Analysis; Registries; Vascular Stiffness - physiology
• ISSN: 0263-6352; 1473-5598; 1473-5598
• DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003763

In hemodialysis patients, central hemodynamics, stiffness, and wave reflections assessed through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) showed superior prognostic value for cardiovascular (CV) events than peripheral blood pressures (BPs). No such evidence is available for lower-risk hypertensive patients.
In 591 hypertensive patients (mean age 58 ± 14 years, 49% males), ambulatory brachial and central BP, pulse wave velocity (PWV), and augmentation index (AIx) were obtained with a validated upper arm cuff-based pulse wave analysis technology. Information on treatment for hypertension (73% of patients), dyslipidemia (27%), diabetes (8%), CV disease history (25%), was collected. Patients were censored for CV events or all-cause death over 4.2 years.
One hundred and four events (24 fatal) were recorded. Advanced age [hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval: 1.03 (1.01, 1.05), P  = 0.0001], female sex [1.57 (1.05, 2.33), P  = 0.027], CV disease [2.22 (1.50, 3.29), P  = 0.0001], increased 24-h central pulse pressure (PP) [1.56 (1.05, 2.31), P  = 0.027], PWV [1.59 (1.07, 2.36), P  = 0.022], or AIx [1.59 (1.08, 2.36), P  = 0.020] were significantly associated with a worse prognosis (univariate Cox regression analysis). The prognostic power of peripheral and central BPs was lower. However, PWV [1.02 (0.64, 1.63), P  = 0.924], AIx [1.06 (0.66, 1.69), P  = 0.823], and central PP [1.18 (0.76, 1.82), P  = 0.471], were not significant predictors in multivariate analyses.
In hypertensive patients, ambulatory central PP, PWV, and AIx are associated with an increased risk of CV morbidity and all-cause mortality. However, this association is not independent of other patient characteristics.