P6.02 TOTAL ARTERIAL COMPLIANCE ESTIMATED BY A NOVEL METHOD AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN THE ELDERLY: THE PROTEGER STUDY

Aortic stiffness assessed by carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) often fails to predict cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality in the very elderly. This may be due to the non-linear association between PWV and compliance, or to blood pressure decrease in the frailest subjects. Moreover, tot...

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Auteurs principaux: T.G. Papaioannou, A.D. Protogerou, N. Stergiopulos, O. Vardoulis, C. Stefanadis, M. Safar, J. Blacher
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BMC 2013-11-01
Collection:Artery Research
Accès en ligne:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125939068/view
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