The relationship between arterial stiffness and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a systemic meta-analysis

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-303

  Chow, Bryan ^a   Rabkin, Simon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Cardio ankle vascular index; Diastolic dysfunction; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Meta analysis; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84940000686     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-015-9471-1     Document Type: Article

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