Abstract:Background
Carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity (cfPWV) is the gold standard measure of arterial stiffness and independently predicts cardiovascular disease. However, obtaining cfPWV requires technical precision and can be difficult in some populations. Brachial-femoral PWV (bfPWV) is a simpler alternative, but there is limited research comparing the two measures. For physiological studies, it is important to know how well the measures agree at rest, and to what extent changes in the measures correspond after p… Show more
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