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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
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        <article-title>Medidas do Manguito Perif&#233;rico para Estimativa da Press&#227;o A&#243;rtica M&#233;dia</article-title>
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            <surname>Barroso</surname>
            <given-names>Weimar Kunz Sebba</given-names>
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            <surname>Inuzuka</surname>
            <given-names>Sayuri</given-names>
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          <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade Federal de Goi&#225;s</institution>
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          <institution content-type="original">Unidade de Hipertens&#227;o Arterial - Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade Federal de Goi&#225;s, Goi&#226;nia, GO &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c1"><label>Correspond&#234;ncia:</label><bold>Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso</bold> &#8226; Universidade Federal de Goi&#225;s &#8211; Liga de Hipertens&#227;o Arterial &#8211; Av. Universit&#225;ria Hospital das Cl&#237;nicas, s/n. CEP <postal-code>74605-220</postal-code>, Goi&#226;nia, GO &#8211; Brasil E-mail: <email>sebbabarroso@gmail.com</email></corresp>
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        <day>01</day>
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      <issue>09</issue>
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          <day>28</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2025</year>
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          <day>31</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2025</year>
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        <kwd>Press&#227;o Arterial</kwd>
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    <p>Por mais de um s&#233;culo, o m&#233;todo simples, realizado em consult&#243;rio, de medir a press&#227;o arterial na parte superior do bra&#231;o com um esfigmoman&#244;metro permaneceu o padr&#227;o estabelecido para sua medi&#231;&#227;o e tratamento. De acordo com os princ&#237;pios hemodin&#226;micos, a fun&#231;&#227;o prim&#225;ria do sistema cardiovascular &#233; garantir a perfus&#227;o cont&#237;nua de &#243;rg&#227;os e tecidos vitais.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> A fun&#231;&#227;o card&#237;aca e a din&#226;mica vascular geram a for&#231;a conhecida como press&#227;o arterial.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> A press&#227;o a&#243;rtica descreve a for&#231;a din&#226;mica e puls&#225;til exercida dentro da maior art&#233;ria do corpo, refletindo a intera&#231;&#227;o batimento a batimento entre o cora&#231;&#227;o e a &#225;rvore arterial.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> Em contraste, a press&#227;o arterial m&#233;dia (PAM) representa a press&#227;o m&#233;dia temporal que serve como for&#231;a motriz constante para o fluxo sangu&#237;neo sist&#234;mico.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> Uma compreens&#227;o abrangente de suas principais distin&#231;&#245;es, mecanismos fisiol&#243;gicos subjacentes e significado cl&#237;nico &#233; crucial para o diagn&#243;stico e tratamento adequados de um amplo espectro de doen&#231;as cardiovasculares.</p>
    <p>A PAM &#233; a press&#227;o m&#233;dia que garante um fluxo constante e cont&#237;nuo de sangue para os tecidos e &#243;rg&#227;os do seu corpo.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> Essa perfus&#227;o constante &#233; essencial para fornecer o oxig&#234;nio necess&#225;rio para que as c&#233;lulas funcionem adequadamente.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> A preocupa&#231;&#227;o cl&#237;nica &#233; que para perfundir &#243;rg&#227;os vitais, h&#225; uma exig&#234;ncia de uma PAM m&#237;nima de 60 mmHg.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> Se a PAM cair abaixo de 60 mmHg por um per&#237;odo prolongado, pode resultar em manifesta&#231;&#245;es como isquemia e infarto.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> Existem v&#225;rias f&#243;rmulas para o c&#225;lculo da PAM, e a f&#243;rmula de Gauer foi a primeira sugerida.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
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    <p>Onde PD &#233; a press&#227;o arterial diast&#243;lica, PS &#233; a press&#227;o arterial sist&#243;lica e PP &#233; a press&#227;o de pulso. A press&#227;o a&#243;rtica &#233; uma forma de onda pulsante din&#226;mica que fornece informa&#231;&#245;es sobre a qualidade de cada ciclo card&#237;aco, refletindo a for&#231;a de contra&#231;&#227;o, a integridade da v&#225;lvula a&#243;rtica e as propriedades da &#225;rvore arterial.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> A PAM &#233; um valor calculado em estado estacion&#225;rio que resume o resultado m&#233;dio desses ciclos, representando a for&#231;a motriz da perfus&#227;o sist&#234;mica.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Os autores do artigo<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> sugerem uma f&#243;rmula melhor para o c&#225;lculo da PAM <inline-formula><mml:math id="m2" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>PAM</mml:mtext><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mtext>PD</mml:mtext><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>[</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.33</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.16</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo><mml:mn>0.00107</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#215;</mml:mo><mml:mtext>PP</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo><mml:mn>0</mml:mn><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mn>06</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>0</mml:mn><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mn>000773</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#215;</mml:mo><mml:mtext>FC</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mrow><mml:mo>]</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mo>&#215;</mml:mo><mml:mtext>PP</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>. Esta f&#243;rmula utiliza dados obtidos por um esfigmoman&#244;metro convencional. Os dados obtidos a partir desta f&#243;rmula foram comparados com a press&#227;o intra-a&#243;rtica medida por angiografia coron&#225;ria. Ao longo dos anos, esfor&#231;os significativos t&#234;m sido dedicados ao desenvolvimento de tecnologias que estimam a forma de onda da press&#227;o central de maneira n&#227;o invasiva a partir de um local de medi&#231;&#227;o perif&#233;rico.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> A tonometria de aplana&#231;&#227;o &#233; a t&#233;cnica mais amplamente validada para avaliar de maneira n&#227;o invasiva a forma de onda da press&#227;o central, e os avan&#231;os tecnol&#243;gicos mais recentes integraram a an&#225;lise da forma de onda em dispositivos oscilom&#233;tricos de press&#227;o arterial por meio de algoritmos espec&#237;ficos do dispositivo que s&#227;o usados para derivar e estimar a forma de onda da press&#227;o a&#243;rtica central a partir da forma de onda braquial.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup></p>
    <p>O valor preditivo da press&#227;o central tem sido amplamente investigado em coortes com um grande n&#250;mero de pacientes, a maioria deles utilizando t&#233;cnicas baseadas em tonometria, que relataram que a press&#227;o central foi independente de eventos cardiovasculares futuros, demonstrando valor progn&#243;stico superior.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> A base fisiol&#243;gica &#233; direta: &#243;rg&#227;os vitais, incluindo o cora&#231;&#227;o, o c&#233;rebro e os rins, s&#227;o expostos &#224; press&#227;o dentro da aorta central, n&#227;o &#224; press&#227;o amplificada encontrada no bra&#231;o.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> Consequentemente, a press&#227;o central serve como um indicador mais preciso do verdadeiro estresse hemodin&#226;mico que esses &#243;rg&#227;os sofrem.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> H&#225; o reconhecimento da import&#226;ncia da press&#227;o central para personalizar a terapia e evitar o tratamento excessivo no tratamento da hipertens&#227;o por meio de medidas de press&#227;o arterial central.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> Al&#233;m disso, a escolha da medica&#231;&#227;o anti-hipertensiva pode ser refinada considerando seus efeitos espec&#237;ficos na hemodin&#226;mica central, como demonstrado no estudo CAFE. Diferentes classes de medicamentos podem ter efeitos divergentes na press&#227;o central, mesmo quando seu efeito na press&#227;o braquial &#233; id&#234;ntico.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Normalmente, os &#243;rg&#227;os vitais empregam autorregula&#231;&#227;o, uma capacidade inata de preservar o fluxo sangu&#237;neo constante, modificando a resist&#234;ncia arteriolar local em resposta &#224;s flutua&#231;&#245;es da PAM dentro de uma faixa de aproximadamente 50 a 150 mmHg.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> Em indiv&#237;duos com hipertens&#227;o cr&#244;nica, a faixa autorregulat&#243;ria pode ser necess&#225;ria para manter a perfus&#227;o cerebral e renal adequada.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> No entanto, a meta ideal de PAM n&#227;o &#233; universal e deve ser adaptada &#224; fisiologia espec&#237;fica do paciente.</p>
    <p>H&#225; uma diferen&#231;a entre a din&#226;mica puls&#225;til da press&#227;o a&#243;rtica e a medida integrada da press&#227;o arterial m&#233;dia. A press&#227;o a&#243;rtica fornece uma an&#225;lise de alta fidelidade da complexa intera&#231;&#227;o entre o cora&#231;&#227;o e o sistema arterial, oferecendo insights sobre a fun&#231;&#227;o card&#237;aca e as propriedades vasculares. A PAM fornece um valor &#250;nico e robusto que representa a for&#231;a motriz l&#237;quida para a perfus&#227;o de &#243;rg&#227;os. A compreens&#227;o das distintas fun&#231;&#245;es fisiol&#243;gicas e aplica&#231;&#245;es cl&#237;nicas da press&#227;o arterial a&#243;rtica e m&#233;dia &#233; fundamental para o diagn&#243;stico e o tratamento precisos de uma ampla gama de doen&#231;as cardiovasculares. Esses conceitos s&#227;o complementares e visam integrar m&#250;ltiplas camadas de informa&#231;&#227;o para um atendimento mais personalizado ao paciente.</p>
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      <p>For more than a century, the simple, office-based method of measuring blood pressure in the upper arm with a sphygmomanometer has remained the established standard for its measurement and management. Accordingly to hemodynamic principles, the primary function of the cardiovascular system is to ensure continuous perfusion of vital organs and tissues.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> The cardiac function and vascular dynamics generate the force known as arterial pressure.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> Aortic pressure describes the dynamic, pulsatile force exerted within the body's largest artery, reflecting the beat-to-beat interaction between the heart and the arterial tree.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> In contrast, mean arterial pressure (MAP) represents the time-averaged pressure that serves as the steady driving force for systemic blood flow.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> A comprehensive grasp of their core distinctions, underlying physiological mechanisms, and clinical significance is crucial for the proper diagnosis and treatment of a broad spectrum of cardiovascular diseases.</p>
      <p>MAP is the average pressure that ensures a steady, continuous flow of blood to your body's tissues and organs.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> This constant perfusion is essential for delivering the oxygen cells need to function properly.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> The clinical concern is that to perfuse vital organs, there is a requirement of a minimum MAP of 60mmHg.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> If MAP drops below 60mmHg for an extended period, it may result in manifestations such as ischemia and infarction.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> There are several formulas for MAP calculation, and Gauer's formula was the first suggested.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
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      <p>Where DP is the diastolic blood pressure, SP is the systolic blood pressure, and PP is the pulse pressure. Aortic pressure is a dynamic pulsatile waveform that provides information about the quality of each cardiac cycle, which reflects the force of contraction, the integrity of the aortic valve, and the properties of the arterial tree.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> MAP is a steady-state, calculated value that resumes the average result of these cycles, representing the driving force for systemic perfusion.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
      <p>The authors of the study<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> suggest a better formula for the MAP calculation <inline-formula><mml:math id="m4" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>MAP</mml:mtext><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mtext>DBP</mml:mtext><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>[</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.33</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.16</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo><mml:mn>0.00107</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#215;</mml:mo><mml:mtext>PP</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo><mml:mn>0.06</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>0.000773</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#215;</mml:mo><mml:mtext>HR</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mrow><mml:mo>]</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mo>&#215;</mml:mo><mml:mtext>PP</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>. This formula uses data obtained by a conventional sphygmomanometer. The data obtained from this formula were compared with the intra-aortic pressure measured with coronary angiography. Through the years, significant effort has been dedicated to developing technologies that estimate the central pressure waveform non-invasively from a peripheral measurement site.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> The applanation tonometry is the most widely validated technique for non-invasively assessing the central pressure waveform, and more recent technological advancements have integrated waveform analysis into oscillometric blood pressure devices through device-specific algorithms that are used to derive and estimate the central aortic pressure waveform from the brachial waveform.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup></p>
      <p>The predictive value of central pressure has been widely investigated in cohorts in a large number of patients, most of them using tonometry-based techniques, which reported that central pressure was independently to future cardiovascular events, demonstrating superior prognostic value.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> The physiological basis is direct: vital organs, including the heart, brain, and kidneys, are exposed to the pressure within the central aorta, not the amplified pressure found in the arm.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> Consequently, central pressure serves as a more accurate indicator of the true hemodynamic stress these organs endure.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> There is the recognition of the importance of the central pressure to personalize therapy and avoid overtreatment in hypertension management using central blood pressure measurements.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> Furthermore, the choice of antihypertensive medication can be refined by considering its specific effects on central hemodynamics as demonstrated in the CAFE study. Different drug classes can have divergent effects on central pressure even when their effect on brachial pressure is identical.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Typically, vital organs employ autoregulation, an innate capacity to preserve constant blood flow by modifying local arteriolar resistance in response to MAP fluctuations within a range of approximately 50 to 150mmHg.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> In individuals with chronic hypertension, the autoregulatory range may be necessary to maintain adequate cerebral and renal perfusion.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> Nevertheless, the ideal MAP target is not universal and should be adapted to the patient's specific physiology.</p>
      <p>There is a difference between the pulsatile dynamics of aortic pressure and the integrated measure of mean arterial pressure. Aortic pressure provides a high-fidelity analysis of the complex interaction between the heart and the arterial system, offering insights into cardiac function and vascular properties. MAP provides a single, robust value representing the net driving force for organ perfusion. An appreciation for the distinct physiological functions and clinical applications of aortic and mean arterial pressure is critical for accurately diagnosing and managing a wide array of cardiovascular disorders. These concepts are complementary and aim to integrate multiple layers of information for more personalized patient care.</p>
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