DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32830139e6
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Issn Print: 0263-6352
Publication Date: 2008/06/01
Putting a spin on the ambulatory arterial stiffness index
Benjamin Gavish; Iddo Z Ben-Dov; Michael Bursztyn
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Author Information: InterCure Ltd. Lod, Israel
Excerpt
The possibility that the observed linear relationship between repeatedly measured systolic and diastolic blood pressures can provide parameters that express mechanical properties of arteries and have clinical significance is exciting. Schillaci and Parati [1] expressed the increasing interest in this phenomenon by devoting an editorial to two articles on this topic [2,3]. This correspondence is a response to the letter by Staessen and colleagues, who addressed these publications [1–3]. We raise basic questions related to definition, determination and physiological origins of selected parameters in an attempt to widen the interest in this newly emerging topic, beyond arterial stiffness index (AASI) and arterial stiffness.
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