Association between silent brain infarct and arterial stiffness indicated by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1003-1008

  Saji, Naoki ^a,b   Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Shimizu, Hirotaka ^b   Kita, Yasushi ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; Intima media thickness; Silent brain infarct; Small vessel disease; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84860646130     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6852     Document Type: Article

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