Research Article

Hemodynamic Correlates of Late Systolic Flow Velocity Augmentation in the Carotid Artery

Table 2

Aortic hemodynamic values (mean ± SEM).

VariableValue

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg111 ± 2
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg74 ± 1
Pulse wave velocity, m/s7.5 ± 0.2
Pressure augmentation index, %−3 ± 2
Forward wave pressure, mmHg34 ± 2
Backward wave pressure, mmHg14 ± 1
WSA reflection index, %41 ± 2
Transmission index1.04 ± 0.06

WSA: wave separation analysis; aU: arbitrary units.