Recommendations for Improving and Standardizing Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association

Hypertension

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 698-722

  Townsend, Raymond R ^a   Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^a   Avolio, Alberto P ^a   Chirinos, Julio A ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^a   Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Lakatta, Edward G ^a   McEniery, Carmel M ^a   Mitchell, Gary F ^a   Najjar, Samer S ^a   Nichols, Wilmer W ^a   Urbina, Elaine M ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; arterial stiffness; cardiovascular risk; guideline; large arteries; methodology; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVICE COMPARISON; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARDIZATION; TONOMETER; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR EQUIPMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84939230830     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYP.0000000000000033     Document Type: Article

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