Aortic stiffness for cardiovascular risk prediction: just measure it, just do it!
Peripheral Vessels Unit, 1st Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: cvlachop@otenet.gr.
Charalambos
C
Vlachopoulos
Peripheral Vessels Unit, 1st Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos
K
Aznaouridis
Peripheral Vessels Unit, 1st Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Christodoulos
C
Stefanadis
D001011:Aorta / Q000502:physiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis / Q000379:methods*
aortic stiffness; meta-analysis; pulse wave velocity; risk prediction