Relation of Pulse Wave Velocity to Contemporaneous and Historical Blood Pressure in Female Twins.
Louise KeehnMassimo ManginoTim SpectorPhillip J ChowienczykMarina CeceljaPublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2022)
Progression of aortic stiffness associates more strongly with contemporaneous MAP compared with historic MAP. In contrast, progression of MAP is associated with prior arterial stiffness. These findings suggest a bidirectional relationship between arterial stiffness and blood pressure, and that lowering blood pressure may prevent a cycle of arterial stiffening and hypertension.