|
1
|
Aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of fatal stroke in essential hypertension.
|
Stroke
|
2003
|
4.10
|
|
2
|
Evidence for carotid and radial artery wall subclinical lesions in renal fibromuscular dysplasia.
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J Hypertens
|
2003
|
1.59
|
|
3
|
Carotid and aortic stiffness: determinants of discrepancies.
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Hypertension
|
2006
|
1.56
|
|
4
|
Mechanical and structural characteristics of carotid plaques by combined analysis with echotracking system and MR imaging.
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JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2011
|
1.48
|
|
5
|
Increased carotid wall stress in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
|
Circulation
|
2004
|
1.00
|
|
6
|
Brachial pressure-independent reduction in carotid stiffness after long-term angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in diabetic hypertensives.
|
Hypertension
|
2006
|
0.92
|
|
7
|
Carotid plaque, arterial stiffness gradient, and remodeling in hypertension.
|
Hypertension
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
8
|
Arterial remodeling and stiffness in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
9
|
Influence of pravastatin on carotid artery structure and function in dyslipidemic HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy.
|
AIDS
|
2006
|
0.88
|
|
10
|
Glucose level is a major determinant of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with hypertension and hyperglycemia.
|
J Hypertens
|
2004
|
0.85
|
|
11
|
Alpha1-antitrypsin gene polymorphisms are not associated with renal arterial fibromuscular dysplasia.
|
J Hypertens
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
12
|
Increased stiffness of the carotid wall material in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissection.
|
Stroke
|
2004
|
0.78
|