Open Access<p>Comparing the Heart–Thigh and Thigh–Ankle Arteries with the Heart–Ankle Arterial Segment for Arterial Stiffness Measurements</p>
Author(s) -
Manami Watahiki,
Shigeo Horinaka,
Toshihiko Ishimitsu,
Shigeru Toyoda,
Teruo Inoue
Publication year - 2020
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.s284248
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , cardiology , arterial stiffness , thigh , pulse wave velocity , receiver operating characteristic , artery , coronary artery disease , blood pressure , surgery
The cardio-ankle vascular index, applying the stiffness parameter β theory, was calculated using the pulse-wave velocity and blood pressure from the aortic orifice to the ankle. Accordingly, the impact of the stiffness of the aorta [heart-thigh β (htBETA)] and medium-sized muscular artery [thigh-ankle β (taBETA)] on the stiffness of the heart-ankle β (haBETA) was investigated; further, whether the htBETA (haBETA - taBETA) improved the power of diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) was examined.