Silent brain infarct is independently associated with arterial stiffness indicated by cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI)

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 756-760

  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; cardio ankle vascular index; cerebral small vessel disease; silent brain infarct; white matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIO ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84863647069     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.20     Document Type: Article

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