title: Ambulatory arterial stiffness index is not a stiffness parameter but a ventriculo-arterial coupling factor.
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Westerhof
authors.forename: Jan-Willem
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lankhaar
authors.forename: Berend E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Westerhof
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D003187:Compliance; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*