arteriosclerosis high blood pressure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: documented high blood pressure, age above 18
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: pregnancy, intended pregnancy, hypertensive urgency or emergency, cardiac arrhythmias, severe obesity precluding echo and tonometric assessment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Agreement between existing (clinically used) methods and newly developed methods for determining: arterial wall properties (distensibility as function of pressure) and left ventricular geometry (dilated or not, wall thickened or not). 2. Reproducibility of the new methods, which determines the ability to track changes in functional and structural aspects of cardiovascular interaction over time. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Possible contribution of the new methods to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of hypertensive patients. (By retrospective analysis by physician.) | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed