STIFF VESSELS APPROACHED IN A FLEXIBLE WAY: ADVANCING QUANTIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS

Introduction Although pulse wave velocity (PWV), a proxy of arterial stiffness, is a strong predictor of cardiovascular complications, it is confounded by blood pressure (BP) and heart rate at the time of examination. Furthermore, establishing whether an artery is stiffened or not does not inform a...

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Main Author: Bart Spronck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Atlantis Press 2017-12-01
Series:Artery Research
Online Access:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125930188/view