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Central aortic pressure waveforms contain incremental prognostic value in addition to traditional cardiovascular risk factors.Recently, pressure wave propagation theory and its derived parameters, pulse wave velocity (PWV) and backward wave amplitudes (Pb) has been demonstrated to provide incremental value in addition to currently accepted biomarkers in various study population.Subsequently, parameters calculated based on the reservoir-wave concept, combining elements of wave transmission and Windkessel models of arterial pressure generation, has been shown to predict clinical outcomes in elderly patients with hypertension.