Arterial stiffness as a risk factor for coronary artery disease

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Liao, Josh ^a   Farmer, John ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Cardiovascular risk; Hypertension; Pulse pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84891635976     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-013-0387-8     Document Type: Article

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