Arterial stiffness in Czech population measured by VaSera® 1500

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Dobsak P ^a   Sosikova M ^a   Dusek L ^b   Soucek M ^a   Novakova M ^b   Yambe, T ^c   Wolf, J E ^d   Vitovec J ^a   Spinarova L ^a   Soska V ^a   Fiser B ^b   Siegelova J ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Arteriosclerosis; Blood pressure; Cardio ankle vascular index; Cardiovascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 78449240787     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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