Vascular Health Assessment of The Hypertensive Patients (VASOTENS) Registry: Study Protocol of an International, Web-Based Telemonitoring Registry for Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness

Background: Hypertension guidelines recommend ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), central aortic pressure (CAP), and pulse wave velocity (PWV) as parameters for estimating blood pressure (BP) control and vascular impairment. Recent advances in technology have enabled devices to combine non-invasive estimation of these parameters over the 24-hour ABP monitoring. However, currently there is limited evidence on the usefulness of such an approach for routine hypertension management. Objective: We recently launched an investigator-initiated, international, multicenter, observational, prospective study, the Vascular health Assessment Of The Hypertensive patients (VASOTENS) Registry, aimed at (1) evaluating non-invasive 24-hour ABP and arterial stiffness estimates (through 24-hour pulse wave analysis, PWA) in hypertensive subjects undergoing ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) for clinical reasons; (2) assessing the changes in estimates following treatment; (3) weighing the impact of 24-hour PWA on target organ damage and cardiovascular prognosis; (4) assessing the relationship between arterial stiffness, BP absolute mean level and variability, and prognosis; and (5) validating the use of a 24-hour PWA electronic health (e-health) solution for hypertension screening. Methods: Approximately 2000 subjects, referred to 20 hypertension clinics for routine diagnostic evaluation and follow-up of hypertension of any severity or stage, will be recruited. Data collection will include ABPM, performed with a device allowing simultaneous non-invasive assessment of 24-hour CAP and arterial stiffness (BPLab), and clinical data (including cardiovascular outcomes). As recommended by current guidelines, each patient will be followed-up with visits occurring at regular intervals (ideally every 6 months, and not less than once a year depending on disease severity). A Web-based telemedicine platform (THOLOMEUS) will be used for data collection. The use of the telemedicine system will allow standardized and centralized data collection, data validation by experts and counseling to remote centers, setup and maintenance of the Registry, and prompt data analysis. Results: First follow-up results are expected to be available in the next 2 years. Conclusions: The results of the VASOTENS Registry will help define the normalcy thresholds for current and future indices derived from 24-hour PWA, according to outcome data, and will also provide supporting evidence for the inclusion of this type of evaluation in hypertension management.

Авторы
Omboni S.1 , Posokhov I.N.2 , Parati G.3, 4, 5 , Avolio A.6 , Rogoza A.N.7 , Kotovskaya Y.V. 8 , Mule G.9 , Muiesan M.L.10, 11 , Orlova I.A.12 , Grigoricheva E.A.13 , Munoz E.C.14 , Zelveian P.H.15 , Pereira T.16 , Maldonado J.MP.17
Издательство
JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC
Номер выпуска
2
Язык
Английский
Статус
Опубликовано
Номер
e137
Том
5
Год
2016
Организации
  • 1 Italian Inst Telemed, Clin Res Unit, Via Colombera 29, I-21048 Solbiate Arno, Italy
  • 2 Hemodynam Lab Ltd, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia
  • 3 Ist Auxol Italiano, Dept Cardiol, Milan, Italy
  • 4 Ist Auxol Italiano, Dept Med & Surg, Milan, Italy
  • 5 Univ Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  • 6 Macquarie Univ, Dept Biomed Sci, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • 7 Russian Cardiol Res & Prod Complex, Dept New Diagnost Methods, Moscow, Russia
  • 8 Peoples Friendship Univ Russia, Dept Internal Med Propaedeut, Moscow, Russia
  • 9 Policlin Paolo Giaccone, Ctr Riferimento Reg Ipertens Arteriosa, Unita Operat Nefrol & Ipertens, Palermo, Italy
  • 10 Spedali Civil Brescia, Brescia, Italy
  • 11 Univ Brescia, Dipartimento Sci Med & Chirurg & Med 2, Brescia, Italy
  • 12 Lomonosov Moscow State Univ Clin, Moscow, Russia
  • 13 South Ural State Med Univ, Dept Outpatient Therapy & Clin Pharmacol, Chelyabinsk, Russia
  • 14 Univ Guadalajara, Dept Physiol, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • 15 LA Ohanesyan Inst Cardiol, Ctr Prevent Cardiol, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 16 Inst Politecn Coimbra, Escola Super Tecnol Saude Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  • 17 Inst Invest & Formacao Cardiovasc, Clin Aveleira, Coimbra, Portugal
Ключевые слова
blood pressure telemonitoring; arterial stiffness; pulse wave velocity; augmentation index; central aortic pressure; hypertension
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