Associations between cardiovascular risk factors and diseases with aortic pulse wave velocity and aortic distensibility: magnetic resonance imaging in the Hamburg city health study
The presence of CVRF and/or CVD is related to significantly higher PWV and lower AD values. However, hypertension is the only CVRF/CVD consistently associated with higher PWV and lower AD after adjustment for age and sex. Our findings do not indicate a predictive value of abnormal PWV and AD values for prevalent CAD and MI.
Authors
- Kai Muellerleile
- Maike Frye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6257-7636)
- Gerhard Adam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-3868)
- Martin Sinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-4852)
- Paulus Kirchhof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-0197)
- Katharina Alina Riedl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5956-0051)
- Enver Tahir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6999-2787)
- Jennifer Erley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-7698)
- Paula Kaufmann
- Eleonora di Carluccio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-1141)
- Mariam Hazizi
- Bjoern P. Schoennagel
- Jan Niklas Albrecht
- Markus Huellebrand
- Gunnar Lund
- E Cavus
- Stefan Blankenberg
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Research in Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-026-02866-x
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Amgen
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
- Joachim Herz Stiftung
- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung
- British Heart Foundation
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Fondation Leducq
- Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung
- Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf