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Multimarker Approach to Evaluate Correlates of Vascular Stiffness
Author(s) -
Wolfgang Lieb,
Martin G. Larson,
Emelia J. Benjamin,
Xiaoyan Yin,
Geoffrey H. Tofler,
Jacob Selhub,
Paul F. Jacques,
Thomas J. Wang,
Joseph A. Vita,
Daniel Levy,
Ramachandran S. Vasan,
Gary F. Mitchell
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.816108
Subject(s) - arterial stiffness , medicine , pulse wave velocity , cardiology , blood pressure , natriuretic peptide , plasminogen activator , pulse pressure , aldosterone , endocrinology , framingham heart study , heart failure , framingham risk score , disease
Arterial stiffness increases with age and contributes to the pathogenesis of systolic hypertension and cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Knowledge about the pathophysiological processes that determine arterial stiffness may help guide therapeutic approaches.

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