Combined use of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and ankle-brachial index for fast assessment of arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis in a community

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-105

  Chuang, Shao Yuan ^a,b   Chen, Chen Huan ^c,d,e   Cheng, Chien Ming ^e   Chou, Pesus ^a,b  

^a Bei Hu Branch   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Taiwan)

^c Cardiovascular Research Center   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Pulse volume recording

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TAIWAN;

EID: 12844257048     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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