Arterial Stiffness and Indices of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Etiology

Table 4

Evaluation of hemodynamic parameters using the SphygmoCor system in both groups.

Parameter	Patients with ESUS	Controls
AP (mmHg)	11.0 (7-18)	6.0 (3.0-13.0)	0.0018
AIx (%)			0.03
AIx75 (%)			0.009
PWV (m/s)	7.2 (6.1-8.4)	7,4 (6,2-9,4)	0.24
HRV index	6.6 (4.7-9)	8.7 (5.9-12.1)	0.006
DP aortic (mmHg)	83.0 (78.0-90.0)	81.0 (76.0-90.0)	0.59
SP aortic (mmHg)			0.42

AP: augmentation pressure; AIx: augmentation index; AIx75: adjusted augmentation index at a heart rate of 75 beats per minute; DP: diastolic pressure; HRV index: heart rate velocity; SP: systolic pressure; PWV: pulse wave velocity.