Doupis, JohnPapanas, NikolaosCohen, AlisonMcFarlan, LyndsayHorton, Edward2016-11-182016Doupis, John, Nikolaos Papanas, Alison Cohen, Lyndsay McFarlan, and Edward Horton. 2016. “Pulse Wave Analysis by Applanation Tonometry for the Measurement of Arterial Stiffness.” The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal 10 (1): 188-195. doi:10.2174/1874192401610010188. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401610010188.1874-1924http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:29407770The aim of our study was to investigate the association between pulse wave velocity (PWV) and pulse wave analysis (PWA)-derived measurements for the evaluation of arterial stiffness. A total of 20 (7 male and 13 female) healthy, non-smoking individuals, with mean age 31 ± 12years were included. PWV and PWA measurements were performed using a SphygmoCor apparatus (Atcor Medical Blood Pressure Analysis System, Sydney Australia). PWV significantly correlated with all central aortic haemodynamic parameters, especially with pulse pressure (PP) (p < 0.0001), augmentation index corrected for 75 pulses/min (AI75) (p = 0.035) and augmentation pressure (AP) (p = 0.005). Male subjects presented significantly higher PWV compared with females (p = 0.03), while there were no differences in PP, AP and AI75. In conclusion, PWA is strongly correlated with PWV as a method for the evaluation of arterial stiffness.en-USApplanation tonometryArterial stiffnessPulse wave analysisPulse wave velocityJournal Article2016-11-1810.2174/1874192401610010188