title: Aortic stiffness: prime time for integration into clinical practice?
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlachopoulos
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alexopoulos
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014655:Vascular Resistance