Stiffness of Carotid Artery Wall Material and Blood Pressure in Humans | Zendy

Michel E. Safar | Zendy; Jacques Blacher | Zendy; JeanJacques Mourad | Zendy; Gérard M. London | Zendy

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Stiffness of Carotid Artery Wall Material and Blood Pressure in Humans

Author(s) -

Michel E. Safar,

Jacques Blacher,

JeanJacques Mourad,

Gérard M. London

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.3.782

Subject(s) - medicine , pulse pressure , blood pressure , cardiology , pulse wave velocity , arterial stiffness , arterial wall , diastole , stroke (engine) , common carotid artery , artery , carotid arteries , mechanical engineering , engineering

Because epidemiological studies show that increased pulse pressure and carotid wall-material stiffness are predictors of cardiovascular mortality independent of age, atherosclerosis, and conventional risk factors, the relationships between carotid wall stiffness and blood pressure are important to the optimization of cardiovascular prevention.

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