Changes in Aortic Flow Propagation Velocity Before and After Treatment in Patients With Hypertension

Abstract

Purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the aortic resistance measured by Aortic flow propagation velocity (APV) is improved or not by the treatment by comparing pre-and post-treatment APV values in patients with newly diagnosed essential hypertension. 117 patients with hypertension and 100 volunteers of similar age group without hypertension were inc luded in this study. 24-hour Holter blood pressure and APV values before and after the treatment were compared. There was a statistically significant difference in APV values before the treatment between the patient group (41.07±7.82 cm/sec) and the control group (58.75±5.19 cm/sec) (p<0.001). The statistical difference in APV values between the patient (54.35±8.28) and control groups disappeared after the treatment (p:0.822) and APV values showed a positive increase. In this study, APV values were lower in patients with hypertension compared to healthy individuals during the early periods of diagnosis, and a certain level of improvement was achieved in APV values with the hypertension treatment. © 2021, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.