Yi Wang1,2, Edwin Estrada1,
Visali Kodali1, Nathaniel Reichek1,3
1Research, St. Francis
Hospital, Roslyn, NY, United States; 2Biomedical Engineering,
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States; 3Cardiology,
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
Aortic pulse wave velocity is altered by normal aging, as well as vessel wall pathology. We evaluated aortic compliance and its relationship to age in normals and repeated the evaluation at 5-year followup.