Comparison between carotid-femoral and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity as measures of arterial stiffness

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2022-2027

  Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   Munakata, Masanori ^b   Kawano, Yuhei ^c   Ohishi, Mitsuru ^d   Shoji, Tetsuo ^e   Sugawara, Jun ^a   Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^f   Yamashina, Akira ^f   Yasuda, Hisayo ^c   Sawayama, Toshitami ^g   Ozawa, Toshio ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Sawayama Clinic   (Japan)

^h Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial distensibility; Arterial elasticity; Vascular assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 70350463569     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832e94e7     Document Type: Article

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