Patients with peripheral arterial disease have increased aortic stiffness, which is independently associated with pulse pressure.
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Aortic stiffness may contribute to vascular risk in PAD; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Scandale et al. (2013) studied this question.
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