Personalized Treatment Regimen Following Pulse Wave Analysis

Interpretation

At this male patient’s follow-up visit, pulse wave analysis reveals very low arterial stiffness and age-and gender-normal AP and AIx (augmentation pressure and augmentation index). Very low aortic pressure augmentation indicates that elevated central systolic pressure is likely due to other causes, such as fluid volume imbalance, high cardiac output or sympathetic over-activity. The results indicate that this patient’s hypertension is not due to stiff arteries, and therapies targeting arterial stiffness may not be as effective as diuretics or other medications to remove the fluid. Given this patient’s biomarker readings for AP and AIx, diuretics may be a more effective alternative in lowering blood pressure through volume reduction.