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Assessment of the Cardioankle Vascular Index in Pregnant Women Complicated with Hypertensive Disorders

It was previously reported that the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is elevated in preeclamptic women. However, baPWV is strongly affected by blood pressure. Recently, a new index of vascular stiffness, the cardioankle vascular index (CAVI), was developed. CAVI is thought to be an index i...

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Autores principales: Yoshida, Atsushi, Sugiyama, Takashi, Sagawa, Norimasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776402
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/919816