Why the study?
Does radial arterial augmentation index provide comparable information to carotid arterial augmentation index in healthy subjects?
Population
204 apparently healthy subjects aged 19-76 years, plus a subgroup of 16 apparently healthy young adults for…
Comparison
Measurement of radial arterial augmentation… vs Measurement of carotid arterial augmentation…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Radial AI may serve as a practical surrogate for carotid AI; hypothesis-generating for cardiovascular risk assessment in healthy subjects.
Does radial arterial augmentation index provide comparable information to carotid arterial augmentation index in healthy subjects?
Radial arterial augmentation index strongly correlates with carotid augmentation index and may serve as a practical surrogate marker for cardiovascular disease risk.
Sugawara et al. (2007) studied this question.
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