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    Maruhashi, Tatsuya; Soga, Junko; Fujimura, Noritaka; Idei, Naomi; Mikami, Shinsuke; Iwamoto, Yumiko; Iwamoto, Akimichi; Kajikawa, Masato; Matsumoto, Takeshi; Oda, Nozomu; Kishimoto, Shinji; Matsui, Shogo; Hashimoto, Haruki; Takaeko, Yuji; Yamaji, Takayuki; Harada, Takahiro; Han, Yiming; Aibara, Yoshiki; Mohamad Yusoff, Farina; Hidaka, Takayuki; Kihara, Yasuki; Chayama, Kazuaki; Noma, Kensuke; Nakashima, Ayumu; Goto, Chikara; Tomiyama, Hirofumi; Takase, Bonpei; Kohro, Takahide; Suzuki, Toru; Ishizu, Tomoko; Ueda, Shinichiro; Yamazaki, Tsutomu; Furumoto, Tomoo; Kario, Kazuomi; Inoue, Teruo; Koba, Shinji; Watanabe, Kentaro; Takemoto, Yasuhiko; Hano, Takuzo; Sata, Masataka; Ishibashi, Yutaka; Node, Koichi; Maemura, Koji; Ohya, Yusuke; Furukawa, Taiji; Ito, Hiroshi; Ikeda, Hisao; Yamashina, Akira; Higashi, Yukihito

    Hypertension research, 08/2020, Volume: 43, Issue: 8
    Journal Article

    The usefulness of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), an index of arterial stiffness, is not fully known for the management of treated hypertensive patients with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) who have blood pressure less than 130/80 mmHg, a recommended blood pressure target in the updated major hypertension guidelines. We analyzed data for 447 treated hypertensive patients with CAD enrolled in FMD-J Study A for assessment of the predictive value of baPWV for future cardiovascular events. The primary outcome was a composite of coronary events, stroke, heart failure, and sudden death. During a median follow-up period of 47.6 months, the primary outcome occurred in 64 patients. Blood pressure less than 130/80 mmHg was significantly associated with a lower risk of the composite outcome independent of other cardiovascular risk factors in treated hypertensive patients with CAD (hazard ratio, 0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.35-0.99; P = 0.04). In treated hypertensive patients with CAD who had blood pressure less than 130/80 mmHg, baPWV above the cutoff value of 1731 cm/s, derived from receiver-operator characteristic curve analysis for the composite outcome was significantly associated with a higher risk of the composite outcome independent of conventional risk factors (hazard ratio, 2.83; 95% CI, 1.02-7.91; P = 0.04). baPWV was an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in treated hypertensive patients with CAD who had blood pressure less than 130/80 mmHg, for whom measurement of baPWV is recommended for cardiovascular risk assessment.