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Clinical utility of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in the prediction of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients

BACKGROUND: Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is a method to estimate arterial stiffness, which reflects the stiffness of both the aorta and peripheral artery; it would be applicable to general practice, since its measurementis automated. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether baPWV...

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Autores principales: Katakami, Naoto, Osonoi, Takeshi, Takahara, Mitsuyoshi, Saitou, Miyoko, Matsuoka, Taka-aki, Yamasaki, Yoshimitsu, Shimomura, Iichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25186287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-014-0128-5