High brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is an independent predictor of the presence of coronary artery disease in men

Hypertension Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Imanishi, Ryo ^a   Seto, Shinji ^a   Toda, Genji ^a   Yoshida, Masanori ^b   Ohtsuru, Akira ^a   Koide, Yuji ^a   Baba, Takeshi ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Gender; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LIPID; NITRATE; RENIN INHIBITOR; SULFANILAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PULSE WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1542315326     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.27.71     Document Type: Article

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