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<italic>Background:</italic> The cold pressor test (CPT) is a sympathoexcitatory manoeuvre to measure cardiovascular hyperactivity which may be a sign of future hypertension development.
<italic>Aims and Objectives:</italic> To evaluate the vascular stiffness background among healthy CPT hyper-reactor (H-R) males and age and gender-matched normo-reactors (N-R).
<italic>Methods:</italic> The study was carried out in 34 healthy young males aged 19 years old. Five minutes of recordings of left middle fingertip digital pulse wave (DPW) signals (through a piezoelectric finger pulse transducer) were registered. This was followed by the application of a cold pressor. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) during CPT were recorded, and the individuals were divided into N-Rs and H-Rs. Vascular stiffness indices like pulse wave velocity (PWV), B/A wave ratio, pulse rising time (PRT, or crest), large artery stiffness index (SI), and pulse width (PW) were compared between H-Rs and N-Rs.
<italic>Results:</italic> No significant differences were observed between the two groups across all studied parameters.
<italic>Conclusion:</italic> The results suggest there was no difference in the vascular stiffness background between CPT H-R and N-R individuals.
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Background: The cold pressor test (CPT) is a sympathoexcitatory manoeuvre to measure cardiovascular hyperactivity which may be a sign of future hypertension development.
Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the vascular stiffness background among healthy CPT hyper-reactor (H-R) males and age and gender-matched normo-reactors (N-R).
Methods: The study was carried out in 34 healthy young males aged 19 years old. Five minutes of recordings of left middle fingertip digital pulse wave (DPW) signals (through a piezoelectric finger pulse transducer) were registered. This was followed by the application of a cold pressor. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) during CPT were recorded, and the individuals were divided into N-Rs and H-Rs. Vascular stiffness indices like pulse wave velocity (PWV), B/A wave ratio, pulse rising time (PRT, or crest), large artery stiffness index (SI), and pulse width (PW) were compared between H-Rs and N-Rs.
Results: No significant differences were observed between the two groups across all studied parameters.
Conclusion: The results suggest there was no difference in the vascular stiffness background between CPT H-R and N-R individuals.

Vascular stiffness in cold pressor test hyper-reactors

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

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Background: The cold pressor test (CPT) is a sympathoexcitatory manoeuvre to measure cardiovascular hyperactivity which may be a sign of future hypertension...

Vascular stiffness in cold pressor test hyper-reactors

Publicado en línea: 29 jul 2023

Páginas: 151 - 155

Recibido: 10 abr 2023

Aceptado: 20 jun 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2023-0016

Palabras clave
cold pressor test, hyper-reactors, vascular stiffness, digital pulse wave

© 2023 Suzan Kameran Adnan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Vascular stiffness in cold pressor test hyper-reactors

Publicado en línea: 29 jul 2023

Páginas: 151 - 155

Recibido: 10 abr 2023

Aceptado: 20 jun 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2023-0016

Palabras clavecold pressor test, hyper-reactors, vascular stiffness, digital pulse wave

© 2023 Suzan Kameran Adnan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
cold pressor test, hyper-reactors, vascular stiffness, digital pulse wave