Determinants of Functional and Structural Properties of Large Arteries in Healthy Individuals

Background: Changes in the properties of large arteries correlate with higher cardiovascular risk. Recent guidelines have included the assessment of those properties to detect subclinical disease. Establishing reference values for the assessment methods as well as determinants of the arterial parame...

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Main Authors: Elaine Cristina Tolezani, Valéria Costa-Hong, Gustavo Correia, Alfredo José Mansur, Luciano Ferreira Drager, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2014-11-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2014002300010&lng=en&tlng=en