8. USEFULNESS OF BRACHIAL-ANKLE AND CAROTID-FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AS PREDICTIVE VALUES OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
Background: The measurement of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is useful to predict storke and cardiovascular events in hypetensive patients as our previous cohort study Non-invasive Atheroslerotic evaluation in Hypertension (NOAH) sutdy. As the cfPWV is useful, but not easy to measure,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-10-01
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| Series: | Artery Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125925783/view |