title: Disassociation of aortic pulse wave velocity and augmentation index in patients with metabolic syndrome: should we blame inflammation?
authors.affiliation: a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.
authors.forename: Theodore G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.affiliation: a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlachopoulos
authors.affiliation: a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011674:Pulse; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D059289:Vascular Stiffness