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High pulse pressure

MedGen UID:
886170
•Concept ID:
C0855323
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0030852

Definition

Increased amplitude of the pulse pressure (systolic blood pressure minus diastolic blood pressure). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHigh pulse pressure

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diabetic Nephropathy: Challenges in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Samsu N
Biomed Res Int 2021;2021:1497449. Epub 2021 Jul 8 doi: 10.1155/2021/1497449. PMID: 34307650Free PMC Article
2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, Casey DE Jr, Collins KJ, Dennison Himmelfarb C, DePalma SM, Gidding S, Jamerson KA, Jones DW, MacLaughlin EJ, Muntner P, Ovbiagele B, Smith SC Jr, Spencer CC, Stafford RS, Taler SJ, Thomas RJ, Williams KA Sr, Williamson JD, Wright JT Jr
Hypertension 2018 Jun;71(6):e13-e115. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1161/HYP.0000000000000065. PMID: 29133356
2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, Casey DE Jr, Collins KJ, Dennison Himmelfarb C, DePalma SM, Gidding S, Jamerson KA, Jones DW, MacLaughlin EJ, Muntner P, Ovbiagele B, Smith SC Jr, Spencer CC, Stafford RS, Taler SJ, Thomas RJ, Williams KA Sr, Williamson JD, Wright JT Jr
Hypertension 2018 Jun;71(6):1269-1324. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1161/HYP.0000000000000066. PMID: 29133354

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

High pulse pressure predicts primary arteriovenous fistula failure within 1 year.
Wu CC, Hung HC, Kao TC, Hsin CH, Yu SY, Hsieh HC, Ko PJ
J Vasc Access 2023 Nov;24(6):1349-1357. Epub 2022 Apr 8 doi: 10.1177/11297298211054797. PMID: 35394390
High pulse pressure is associated with an increased risk of diabetes in females but not in males: a retrospective cohort study.
Jia S, Wang X, Yao Q, Gao J
Biol Sex Differ 2022 Dec 19;13(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s13293-022-00482-8. PMID: 36536445Free PMC Article
High Pulse Pressure Decreases Cardiopulmonary Ability among Older Chinese Patients with Primary Hypertension.
Jin Y, Liu S, Lin M, Xu Y, Zhou S, Ye B, Lin S, Guan X, Wang L
Int Heart J 2022;63(6):1134-1140. doi: 10.1536/ihj.22-378. PMID: 36450553
Interactive Effects of Pulse Pressure and Tau Imaging on Longitudinal Cognition.
Weigand AJ, Macomber AJ, Walker KS, Edwards L, Thomas KR, Bangen KJ, Nation DA, Bondi MW; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
J Alzheimers Dis 2022;89(2):633-640. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220026. PMID: 35938247Free PMC Article
The macrocirculation and microcirculation of hypertension.
Feihl F, Liaudet L, Waeber B
Curr Hypertens Rep 2009 Jun;11(3):182-9. doi: 10.1007/s11906-009-0033-6. PMID: 19442327

Diagnosis

Persistent High Pulse Pressure in Acute Non-Cardiogenic Ischemic Stroke as a Predictor of Neurological Deterioration and Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke: ADS Post-Hoc Analysis.
Ozawa T, Fujimoto S, Aoki J, Matsuzono K, Kimura K
J Atheroscler Thromb 2023 Nov 1;30(11):1703-1714. Epub 2023 Apr 20 doi: 10.5551/jat.64079. PMID: 37081614Free PMC Article
BRD4 and PIN1 gene polymorphisms are associated with high pulse pressure risk in a southeastern Chinese population.
Qiu JJ, Yang RZ, Tang YJ, Lin YY, Xu HJ, Zhang N, Liang M, Cai HD, Zeng K, Wu XD
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2020 Nov 4;20(1):475. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01757-x. PMID: 33148187Free PMC Article
Hemodynamic Characterization of Primary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents.
Li Y, Gu H, Sinha MD, Chowienczyk P
J Am Heart Assoc 2020 Jun 16;9(12):e015097. Epub 2020 Jun 6 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015097. PMID: 32508192Free PMC Article
Blood Pressure and Cognitive Decline in Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients.
Drew DA, Tighiouart H, Duncan S, Rollins J, Gupta A, Scott T, Weiner DE, Sarnak MJ
Am J Nephrol 2019;49(6):460-469. Epub 2019 May 2 doi: 10.1159/000500041. PMID: 31048586Free PMC Article
Intraaortic pulse pressure amplification in subjects at high coronary risk.
Temmar M, Jankowski P, Peltier M, Mouquet V, Debicka-Dabrowska D, Hamida F, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Safar ME
Hypertension 2010 Feb;55(2):327-32. Epub 2010 Jan 4 doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.142851. PMID: 20048195

Therapy

Attenuation by habitual alcohol drinking of the associations of obesity with blood pressure and pulse pressure.
Wakabayashi I, Daimon T
Blood Press Monit 2023 Feb 1;28(1):17-23. Epub 2022 Nov 3 doi: 10.1097/MBP.0000000000000623. PMID: 36330757
High pulse pressure predicts primary arteriovenous fistula failure within 1 year.
Wu CC, Hung HC, Kao TC, Hsin CH, Yu SY, Hsieh HC, Ko PJ
J Vasc Access 2023 Nov;24(6):1349-1357. Epub 2022 Apr 8 doi: 10.1177/11297298211054797. PMID: 35394390
Blood Pressure and Cognitive Decline in Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients.
Drew DA, Tighiouart H, Duncan S, Rollins J, Gupta A, Scott T, Weiner DE, Sarnak MJ
Am J Nephrol 2019;49(6):460-469. Epub 2019 May 2 doi: 10.1159/000500041. PMID: 31048586Free PMC Article
Body weight-dependent relationships between alcohol consumption and pulse pressure in middle-aged Japanese women.
Wakabayashi I
J Am Soc Hypertens 2017 Dec;11(12):801-810.e2. Epub 2017 Oct 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2017.09.012. PMID: 29102320
High pulse pressure protects against headache: prospective and cross-sectional data (HUNT study).
Tronvik E, Stovner LJ, Hagen K, Holmen J, Zwart JA
Neurology 2008 Apr 15;70(16):1329-36. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000309222.79376.57. PMID: 18413586

Prognosis

Persistent High Pulse Pressure in Acute Non-Cardiogenic Ischemic Stroke as a Predictor of Neurological Deterioration and Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke: ADS Post-Hoc Analysis.
Ozawa T, Fujimoto S, Aoki J, Matsuzono K, Kimura K
J Atheroscler Thromb 2023 Nov 1;30(11):1703-1714. Epub 2023 Apr 20 doi: 10.5551/jat.64079. PMID: 37081614Free PMC Article
High pulse pressure predicts primary arteriovenous fistula failure within 1 year.
Wu CC, Hung HC, Kao TC, Hsin CH, Yu SY, Hsieh HC, Ko PJ
J Vasc Access 2023 Nov;24(6):1349-1357. Epub 2022 Apr 8 doi: 10.1177/11297298211054797. PMID: 35394390
High Pulse Pressure Decreases Cardiopulmonary Ability among Older Chinese Patients with Primary Hypertension.
Jin Y, Liu S, Lin M, Xu Y, Zhou S, Ye B, Lin S, Guan X, Wang L
Int Heart J 2022;63(6):1134-1140. doi: 10.1536/ihj.22-378. PMID: 36450553
Interactive Effects of Pulse Pressure and Tau Imaging on Longitudinal Cognition.
Weigand AJ, Macomber AJ, Walker KS, Edwards L, Thomas KR, Bangen KJ, Nation DA, Bondi MW; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
J Alzheimers Dis 2022;89(2):633-640. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220026. PMID: 35938247Free PMC Article
High pulse pressure and metabolic syndrome are associated with proteinuria in young adult women.
Kim JK, Ju YS, Moon SJ, Song YR, Kim HJ, Kim SG
BMC Nephrol 2013 Feb 21;14:45. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-45. PMID: 23433013Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Blood pressure status affects atrial fibrillation in diabetic end-stage renal disease.
Han KD, Hwang Y, Park SH
PLoS One 2023;18(4):e0283875. Epub 2023 Apr 4 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283875. PMID: 37014888Free PMC Article
High pulse pressure predicts primary arteriovenous fistula failure within 1 year.
Wu CC, Hung HC, Kao TC, Hsin CH, Yu SY, Hsieh HC, Ko PJ
J Vasc Access 2023 Nov;24(6):1349-1357. Epub 2022 Apr 8 doi: 10.1177/11297298211054797. PMID: 35394390
High Pulse Pressure Decreases Cardiopulmonary Ability among Older Chinese Patients with Primary Hypertension.
Jin Y, Liu S, Lin M, Xu Y, Zhou S, Ye B, Lin S, Guan X, Wang L
Int Heart J 2022;63(6):1134-1140. doi: 10.1536/ihj.22-378. PMID: 36450553
Interactive Effects of Pulse Pressure and Tau Imaging on Longitudinal Cognition.
Weigand AJ, Macomber AJ, Walker KS, Edwards L, Thomas KR, Bangen KJ, Nation DA, Bondi MW; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
J Alzheimers Dis 2022;89(2):633-640. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220026. PMID: 35938247Free PMC Article
Do systolic BP and pulse pressure relate to ventricular enlargement?
Graff-Radford NR, Knopman DS, Penman AD, Coker LH, Mosley TH
Eur J Neurol 2013 Apr;20(4):720-4. Epub 2013 Jan 7 doi: 10.1111/ene.12067. PMID: 23294486

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