Radial augmentation index is a surrogate marker of atherosclerotic burden in a primary prevention cohort

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 436-441

  Rosenbaum, David ^a,b   Giral, Philippe ^a,b   Chapman, John ^b   Rached, Fabiana H ^b,c   Kahn, Jean Francois ^a   Bruckert, Eric ^a,b   Girerd, Xavier ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Carotid plaques; Intima media thickness; Radial augmentation index; Wave reflections

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL AUGMENTATION INDEX; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID PLAQUES; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; RADIAL AUGMENTATION INDEX; WAVE REFLECTIONS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888164340     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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