Aortic pulse wave velocity predicts cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged and elderly Japanese men

Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is widely used as a noninvasive index of arterial stiffness and was used in the present study to investigate the relationship between PWV and cardiovascular mortality in the middle-aged and elderly Japanese population using a longitudinal study design. From 1988 to 2...

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Published in:	Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society Vol. 73; no. 3; p. 549
Main Authors:	Inoue, Noriko, Maeda, Ryo, Kawakami, Hideshi, Shokawa, Tomoki, Yamamoto, Hideya, Ito, Chikako, Sasaki, Hideo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan 2009
Subjects:	Age Distribution Aged Aorta - physiology Arteriosclerosis - ethnology Arteriosclerosis - mortality Arteriosclerosis - physiopathology Asian Continental Ancestry Group Blood Flow Velocity - physiology Blood Pressure Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Pulsatile Flow - physiology Risk Factors Survival Analysis
ISSN:	1346-9843
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