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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |