Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity assessment by two differentmethods: Implications for risk assessment

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1868-1875

  Pichler, Gernot ^a   Martinez, Fernando ^a,b   Vicente, Antonio ^a   Solaz, Elena ^a   Calaforra, Oscar ^b   Redon, Josep ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arteries; Humans; Hypertension; Obesity; Risk assessment; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STRATIFICATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY; DEVICES; FEMORAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84942626609     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000631     Document Type: Article

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