Open AccessBrachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Predicts Increase in Blood Pressure and Onset of Hypertension
Author(s) -
Hiromichi Takase,
Yoshiko Dohi,
Takayuki Toriyama,
T Okado,
Satoru Tanaka,
Hideki Sonoda,
Koichi Sato,
Genjiro Kimura
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2011.19
Subject(s) - medicine , pulse wave velocity , blood pressure , cardiology , ankle , pulse pressure , pulse wave analysis , wave velocity , pulse (music) , surgery , optics , petrology , physics , detector , shear (geology) , geology
The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) predicts longitudinal increases in blood pressure (BP) and new onset of hypertension in individuals with normal BP.
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