title: Brachial-ankle PWV for predicting clinical outcomes in patients with acute stroke.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is well-known for predicting the cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, its anticipated value is not demonstrated well concerning acute stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total 1557 patients with acute stroke who performed baPWV were enrolled. We evaluated the prognostic value of baPWV predicting all-cause death and vascular death in patients with acute stroke Results: Highest quartile of baPWV was ≥23.64 m/s. All-caused deaths (including vascular death; 71) were 109 patients during follow-up periods (median 905 days). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that patients with the highest quartile of baPWV had higher risk for vascular death when they are compared with patients with all other three quartiles of baPWV (Hazard ratio with 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.879 [1.022-3.456], p = .042 for vascular death).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High baPWV was a strong prognostic value of vascular death in patients with acute stroke.
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kye Taek
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Ok
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seon-Ah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mijoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ung-Lim
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Si Wan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neurology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Seon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neurology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neurology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a Department of internal medicine, Division of cardiology , Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine , Daejeon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: In-Whan
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Seong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D055109:Ankle Brachial Index / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality
keywords: Acute stroke; arterial stiffness; death; prognosis; pulse wave velocity