Increased brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is independently associated with white matter hyperintensities

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 252-257

  Saji, Naoki ^a,b   Shimizu, Hirotaka ^a,b   Kawarai, Toshitaka ^a   Tadano, Makoto ^a   Kita, Yasushi ^a   Yokono, Koichi ^b  

^a Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Brain infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 79958767863     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328260     Document Type: Article

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