Outcome associations of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity vary with different measurement methods

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1264-1270

  Girerd, Nicolas ^a,b   Legedz, Liliana ^a   Paget, Vinciane ^a   Rabilloud, Muriel ^b,c   Milon, Hugues ^d   Bricca, Giampiero ^a,d   Lantelme, Pierre ^a,d  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cut off; hypertension; pulse wave velocity; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULSE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869229753     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.114     Document Type: Article

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