Aortic stiffness is associated with elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T concentrations at a chronic stage after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Objectives: Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV)--the proposed gold standard for the assessment of aortic stiffness--is a major determinant of left ventricular after-load and coronary perfusion. We aimed to investigate the association between aortic PWV and subclinical elevation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-TnT) concentrations at a chronic stage after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Methods: Seventy-four patients with acute STEMI were included in this cross-sectional single-centre study at the University Hospital of Innsbruck.

Comparison of an oscillometric method with cardiac magnetic resonance for the analysis of aortic pulse wave velocity.

Objectives: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the proposed gold-standard for the assessment of aortic elastic properties. The aim of this study was to compare aortic PWV determined by a recently developed oscillometric device with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).

Methods: PWV was assessed in 40 volunteers with two different methods.