Aortic pulse wave velocity predicts cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged and elderly Japanese men

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-553

  Inoue, Noriko ^a,f   Maeda, Ryo ^a   Kawakami, Hideshi ^b   Shokawa, Tomoki ^c   Yamamoto, Hideya ^c   Ito, Chikako ^d   Sasaki, Hideo ^e  

^a Association Clinical Laboratory Center   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Medical Court Life Care Clinic ^*  (Japan)

^e Health Management and Promotion Center   (Japan)

^f Hiroshima City Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic pulse wave velocity; Arteriosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 62649167384     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0492     Document Type: Article

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