Open AccessEvaluation of pulse pressure and proportional pulse pressure as predictors of severity among patients having heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Author(s) -
Kothai Gnanamoorthy,
Azin S. Janani,
Athanallur Raman Malathy,
Prasanna Karthik Suthakaran
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_43_19
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , heart failure , cardiology , pulse pressure , pulse (music) , blood pressure , fraction (chemistry) , detector , electrical engineering , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
Proportional Pulse Pressure (PPP) is a significant risk indicator in heart failure. PPP is a simple, inexpensive and easily measurable clinical index. This non-invasive test provides useful prognostic information for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF) particularly in those with an EF < 30% where lower proportional pulse pressure independently predicts mortality.