Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and prognosis in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Relationship of Noninvasive Assessment of Arterial Stiffness with 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk in a General Middle-Age and Elderly Population

“…Previous studies supported the broad applicability of baPWV for risk stratification in a general clinical setting, regardless of cardiovascular risk. 26 Based on our findings, we speculate that baPWV would be a promising marker for the prediction and reclassification of ASCVD risk. Further study is needed to evaluate the contribution of baPWV using the population-based cohort with four ASCVD events.…”

Integrated approach of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and cardiovascular risk scores for predicting the risk of cardiovascular events

“…baPWV is easier and simpler to measure than cfPWV, and is widely used in Asians [ 16 ]. Although there are several criticisms of baPWV, including its inclusion of large peripheral muscular arteries, the limitation on the distance predicted by height, and underestimation in patients with peripheral artery stenosis, aortic stenosis, or aneurysm [ 33 , 34 ], the usefulness of baPWV has also been validated by many clinical studies [ 17 – 20 ] and meta-analyses [ 35 , 36 ]. Measuring baPWV is recommended by the guidelines for the management of hypertension in Japan [ 37 ].…”

Current topic of vascular function in hypertension

“…The results of a previous individual participant data meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies conducted in Japan showed that baPWV was an independent predictor of cardiovascular events and could provide additional information for cardiovascular risk stratification in individuals without a history of cardiovascular disease, indicating the usefulness of baPWV in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease [ 50 ]. Sang et al conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the associations of baPWV with cardiovascular events, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality in patients with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) [ 51 ]. They reported that higher baPWV was independently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality in patients with a history of ASCVD, indicating the usefulness of baPWV assessment in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.…”