@article {8870,
	title = {Total arterial compliance, estimated by a novel method, is better related to left ventricular mass compared to aortic pulse wave velocity: The SAFAR study},
	journal = {Clin Exp Hypertens},
	volume = {39},
	number = {3},
	year = {2017},
	note = {Papaioannou, Theodore GProtogerou, Athanase DArgyris, AntonisAissopou, EvangeliaGeorgiopoulos, GeorgeNasothimiou, EfthimiaTountas, ChristosSfikakis, Petros PStergiopulos, NikolaosTousoulis, DimitriosEnglandClin Exp Hypertens. 2017;39(3):271-276. doi: 10.1080/10641963.2016.1247165.},
	pages = {271-276},
	edition = {2017/04/28},
	abstract = {AIM: The investigation of the association between total arterial compliance (CT)-estimated by a novel technique-with left ventricular mass (LVM) and hypertrophy (LVH). Our hypothesis was that CT may be better related to LVM compared to the gold-standard regional aortic stiffness. Within the frame of the ongoing cross-sectional study "SAFAR," 226 subjects with established hypertension or with suspected hypertension underwent blood pressure (BP) assessment, carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV), and echocardiographic measurement of LVM. LVM index (LVMI) was calculated by the ratio of LVM to body surface area. CT was estimated by a previously proposed and validated formula: CT = 36.7 /cf-PWV2 [ml/mmHg]. LVMI was related to age (r = 0.207, p = 0.002), systolic BP (r = 0.248, p \&lt; 0.001), diastolic BP (r = 0.139, p = 0.04), mean BP (r = 0.212, p = 0.002), pulse pressure (r = 0.212, p = 0.002), heart rate (r = -0.172, p = 0.011), cf-PWV (r = 0.268, p \&lt; 0.001), and CT (r = -0.317, p \&lt; 0.001). The highest correlation was observed for CT that was significantly stronger than the respective correlation of cf-PWV (p \&lt; 0.001). In multivariate analysis, CT was a stronger determinant, compared to cf-PWV, of LVMI and LVH. It remains to be further explored whether CT has also a superior prognostic value beyond and above local or regional (segmental) estimates of pulse wave velocity.},
	isbn = {1525-6006 (Electronic)1064-1963 (Linking)},
	author = {Papaioannou, T.G. and Protogerou, A.D. and Argyris, A. and Aissopou, E. and Georgiopoulos, G. and Nasothimiou, E. and Tountas, C. and Sfikakis, P.P. and Stergiopulos, N. and Tousoulis, D.}
}
