Open AccessAortic Pulse Wave Velocity Is Associated With Measures of Subclinical Target Organ Damage
Author(s) -
Thais Coutinho,
Stephen T. Turner,
Iftikhar J. Kullo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.011
Subject(s) - pulse wave velocity , cardiology , medicine , arterial stiffness , subclinical infection , blood pressure , pulse pressure , body mass index , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Our goal was to evaluate the associations of central arterial stiffness, measured by aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), with subclinical target organ damage in the coronary, peripheral arterial, cerebral, and renal arterial beds.
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