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Hemodynamic changes in arterial stiffening. (A) Aortic blood pressure waveform of a healthy, normotensive person. The forwards traveling wave precedes the (backwards traveling) reflected wave. (B) Aortic pressure waveform of a person with arterial stiffness. Due to increased pulse wave velocity, the forward traveling wave and reflected wave are summated leading to augmented pulse pressure.
