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The Value of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity as a Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease in High-Risk Patients

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Arterial stiffness has been known as an independent contributory factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is widely used as a simple noninvasive measure of arterial stiffness. The aim of our study was to test whether baPWV had pr...

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Autores principales: Seo, Won-Woo, Chang, Hyuk-Jae, Cho, IkSung, Yoon, Yeon-Yee, Suh, Jung-Won, Kim, Kwang-Il, Cho, Yong-Seok, Youn, Tae-Jin, Chae, In-Ho, Choi, Dong-Ju, Kim, Cheol-Ho, Chun, Eun-Ju, Choi, Sang-Il
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20514332
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2010.40.5.224