The direct brachial arterial pulse-pressure curve in the evaluation of patients with aortic valvular stenosis

Abstract An evaluation of the direct brachial arterial pressure-pulse curve revealed that, by analysis of the rate-correlated systolic ejection time, the upstroke time, and the upstroke velocity, the presence of aortic valvular stenosis, regardless of severity, could be recognized with a high degree of accuracy. In addition, those patients with significant obstruction could be distinguished from those without significant disease.