Open AccessIs augmentation index a good measure of vascular stiffness in the elderly?
Author(s) -
Francesco Fantin,
A. Mattocks,
C J Bulpitt,
Winston Banya,
C. Rajkumar
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afl115
Subject(s) - medicine , measure (data warehouse) , index (typography) , arterial stiffness , cardiology , blood pressure , data mining , world wide web , computer science
we investigated the exact relationship between age and gender on augmentation pressure (AG) and augmentation index (AI) measured over the radial (muscular) and carotid (elastic) arteries.
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