COMPARISON BETWEEN AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASURED INVASIVELY AND NON-INVASIVELY BY EIGHT DIFFERENT DEVICES

Objective:Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the best indicator of aortic viscoelastic properties. Aim of this study is to investigate if invasively measured aortic PWV is accurately estimated by non-invasive methods which purport to assess it.Design and method:One-hundred and two patients (30% fem