Missing information in determining reference values of aortic pulse wave velocity in the elderly (letter)

Title: Missing information in determining reference values of aortic pulse wave velocity in the elderly (letter)
Creator: Khoshdel, Ali R.; Carney, Shane L.
Relation: Journal of Hypertension Vol. 27, Issue 6, p. 1329-1330
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832af35f
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: It was surprising that the article by Alecu et al. overlooked the meta-analysis that was published in ‘Journal of Hypertension’ about 2 years ago, in which an age-specific reference interval for pulse wave velocity (PWV) was constructed. Although the significant impact of aging on arterial distensibility (in particular central arteries) was proposed as a normal vascular aging process, the process is also accelerated in conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and renal failure. PWV is also exhibited diversely in different ethnic groups, although that mainly influences peripheral arteries. Consequently, an age-specific reference value for PWV is still reliable in central arterial evaluation.
Subject: aortic pulse wave velocity; elderly patients; ethnic differences; arterial evaluation
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917809
Identifier: uon:8428
Identifier: ISSN:0263-6352
Language: eng

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