Influence of Age and Central Hypertension on the Form Factor Needed to Estimate Mean Aortic Pressure, and Its Implications for Pulse Pressure Amplification: A Secondary Data Analysis

Background Mean aortic pressure (MAP) plays a pivotal role in both cardiovascular dynamics and the noninvasive estimation of systolic aortic pressure. MAP can be estimated by adding a fraction of the pulse pressure (PP) to the diastolic aortic pressure, known as the form factor (FF=100×[MAP−diastoli...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Main Authors:	Denis Chemla, Mathieu Jozwiak, Sandrine Millasseau, Pierre Attal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-03-01
Subjects:	central blood pressure central hypertension, pulse pressure amplification form factor pulse pressure systolic aortic pressure
Online Access:	https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.037064