Expert consensus document on the measurement of aortic stiffness in daily practice using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.

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Published in J Hypertens on March 01, 2012

Authors

Luc M Van Bortel1, Stephane Laurent, Pierre Boutouyrie, Phil Chowienczyk, J K Cruickshank, Tine De Backer, Jan Filipovsky, Sofie Huybrechts, Francesco U S Mattace-Raso, Athanase D Protogerou, Giuseppe Schillaci, Patrick Segers, Sebastian Vermeersch, Thomas Weber, Artery Society, European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Vascular Structure and Function, European Network for Noninvasive Investigation of Large Arteries

Author Affiliations

1: Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

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