CONTOURED ANALYSIS OF THE CENTRAL PULSE WAVE AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF ARTERIES IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, COMORBID CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
The study involved 62 patients with essential hypertension (EH), in 32 of them was a combination of this disease with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 30 - isolated EH. The control group consisted of 30 healthy individuals. Applanation tonometry with the pulse wave contour analysis using SphygmoCor (AtCor Medical) was carried out. In patients with the combination of EH and COPD it was found an increase in central systolic, central pulse and pressure of augmentation compared with isolated EH patients and the control group. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) in the group with comorbid disorders was 11.2 (9.9, 12.6) m/sec vs 8.6 (6.3, 10.4) m/sec (p = 0, 000033) in the isolated EH group. Were established regressive and direct correlation interconnection between PWV and the existence of COPD in patients with essential hypertension.