Pulse pressure index and carotid atherosclerotic degree of relevance.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Pulse pressure index and carotid atherosclerotic degree of relevance Of: Zhang Ling Tian Jiawei Chen Xiaoxu Fu Ying [Abstract] Purpose Pressure Index (PPI) and carotid atherosclerotic degree of relevance. Methods of suspected cerebral vascular disease, 97 patients were divided according to duration of hypertension lt;5 years, 5 to 15 years, andgt; three groups of 15 years, carotid artery ultrasound, and ambulatory blood pressure measurement, PPI and pulse (PP), respectively, and the degree of carotid artery disease and hypertension duration correlation between the lines. Results PPI and PP and hypertension duration and degree of carotid stenosis were positively correlated; PPI number of years associated with hypertension than PP (t = 4.99, P lt;0.000 1), PPI and the degree of correlation between carotid artery is better than PP (t = 23.007, P lt;0.000 1). Conclusion PPI increased blood pressure in patients with carotid artery disease is the occurrence and development of an important independent predictor, and its evaluation is better than PP. [Keywords:] pressure index; Hypertension; carotid artery Atherosclerosis (AS) has been a very important medical research. Superficial peripheral coronary artery provides the vascular bed and other important information about the severity of disease, and carotid artery plaque lesions reflecting the ideal body AS window studies have shown that in the evaluation of atherosclerosis, the pulse pressure index (PPI) than the pulse pressure (PP) has some advantages (1,2). foreign scholars study shows that arterial stiffness is a reliable predictor of cardiovascular events, while the PPI AS predicted carotid artery has not been reported. In this study, to be diagnosed with high frequency ultrasound in patients with cerebrovascular disease the degree of carotid artery compliance and assess the stiffness and the line associated with the PPI analysis, to find a simple, easy to AS quantitative meth