Open AccessPrognostic Significance of Regional Arterial Stiffness for Stroke in Hypertension
Author(s) -
Takuro Kubozono,
Mitsuru Ohishi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pulse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2235-8676
pISSN - 2235-8668
DOI - 10.1159/000381795
Subject(s) - arterial stiffness , medicine , cardiology , pulse wave velocity , ankle , stroke (engine) , disease , stiffness , blood pressure , surgery , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , engineering
Hypertension is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease. It has been reported that arterial stiffness is related to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in hypertensive patients and that the physiological evaluation of arterial stiffness may assist clinicians in the early detection of atherosclerosis.
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