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Does the cardioankle vascular index (CAVI) differentiate between chronic hypertension and preeclampsia in pregnant women compared to brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV)?
Does the cardioankle vascular index (CAVI) differentiate between chronic hypertension and preeclampsia in pregnant women compared to brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV)?
CAVI, unlike baPWV, can distinguish between chronic hypertension and preeclampsia in pregnant women, suggesting different underlying vascular structural changes.
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CAVI may differentiate vascular changes in chronic hypertension versus preeclampsia; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Yoshida et al. (2011) studied this question.
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