Abstract:Background: Reservoir pressure analysis has been newly introduced to analyze arterial waveform and function. There are few data regarding the effect of aging on the aortic reservoir and excess pressures in normal humans. Objectives and Methods: To investigate this issue, we analyzed high-fidelity aortic pressures, measured by a catheter-tipped manometer in 81 normal subjects who underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization but proved to have normal coronary artery and LV function. Subjects who had hypertension… Show more
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