The Use of the Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index in Patients Suspected of Secondary Hypertension

The Use of the Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index in Patients Suspected of Secondary Hypertension

The Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index (AASI) is a marker of arterial stiffness and is derived from ambulatory 24-hour blood pressure registration. We studied whether the AASI could be used as a predictive factor for the presence of Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS) in patients with a suspicion of second...

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Main Authors: Cornelius Tjitte Postma, Joshua R.A. Verbakel, Ahmet Adiyaman, Nicole Kraaijvanger, Dirk G. Dechering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
Atherosclerosis
Hypertension
Renal Artery
arterial stiffness
Diagnosis, Differential
secondary hypertension
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcvm.2016.00050/full

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