Clinical usefulness and limitations of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in the evaluation of cardiovascular complications in hypertensive patients

Hypertension Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 989-995

  Ito, Norihisa ^a   Ohishi, Mitsuru ^a   Takagi, Takashi ^a   Terai, Minako ^a   Shiota, Atsushi ^a   Hayashi, Norihiro ^a   Rakugi, Hiromi ^a   Ogihara, Toshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Carotid femoral pulse wave velocity; Hypertensive complication

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PULSE WAVE; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANKLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33846785306     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.29.989     Document Type: Article

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