Open AccessBrachial–ankle pulse wave velocity, cardio-ankle vascular index, and prognosis
Author(s) -
Dai Ato
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s179366
Subject(s) - medicine , multivariate analysis , arterial stiffness , multivariate statistics , pulse wave velocity , population , cardiology , logistic regression , statistical significance , dialysis , proportional hazards model , blood pressure , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) are indices of arterial stiffness, and several studies have used these indices. However, there is no comprehensive review of these parameters in the prognostic significance.