Arterial Destiffening Starts Early after Renal Artery Denervation

Table 3

Effects of the baseline pulse wave velocity on pulse wave velocity changes after 6 months.

	MV±SD	MV±SD	MV±SD	MV±SD
	Q1, <9.5 m/s	Q2, 9.5-10.699 m/s	Q3, 10.7-13.2 m/s	Q4, >13.2 m/s
AoPWV before procedure, m/s	8.4 ± 1	10.1 ± 0.4	12.2 ± 0.8	15.3 ± 1.7
AoPWV 6 months after, m/s	8.4 ± 1.7	8.9 ± 1.6	10.3 ± 2.1	13.2 ± 2.1
Reduction, Δ m/s	0.05 ± 1.6	1.1 ± 1.4	1.8 ± 1.7	2.8 ± 2.1

MV: mean value; SD: standard deviation; AoPWV: aortic pulse wave velocity.