Association of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity with Cardiovascular Events in Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 348-356

  Chen, Szu Chia ^a,b,c   Lee, Wen Hsien ^a,b,c   Hsu, Po Chao ^a,c   Lin, Ming Yen ^a   Lee, Chee Siong ^a,c   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a,c   Voon, Wen Chol ^a,c   Lai, Wen Ter ^a,c   Sheu, Sheng Hsiung ^a,c   Su, Ho Ming ^a,b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; atrial fibrillation; blood pressure; brachial ankle pulse wave velocity; cardiovascular events; hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84960403453     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv124     Document Type: Article

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