Artery Research
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 2-12, June 2007

Abridged version of the expert consensus document on arterial stiffness☆

  • Stephane Laurent

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM U 652, Department of Pharmacology and Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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  • John Cockcroft

      Affiliations

    • University of Wales, Cardiology Department, Cardiff, UK
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  • Luc Van Bortel

      Affiliations

    • University of Ghent, Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Pierre Boutouyrie

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM U 652, Department of Pharmacology and Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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  • Cristina Giannattasio

      Affiliations

    • Milano-Bicocca University, Department of Internal Medicine, Monza, Italy
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  • Daniel Hayoz

      Affiliations

    • Service of Angiology, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Bruno Pannier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Manhes Hospital, Fleury-Merogis, France
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  • Charalambos Vlachopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular and Sexual Health Unit, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Ian Wilkinson

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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  • Harry Struijker-Boudier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • on behalf of the European Network for Non Invasive Investigation of Large Arteries

Received 28 February 2007; accepted 22 March 2007. published online 26 May 2007.

Summary 

In recent years great emphasis has been placed on the role of arterial stiffness in the development of cardiovascular diseases. The present article is an abridged version of an expert consensus document reporting the proceedings of several meetings of the European Network for Non Invasive Investigation of Large Arteries, and providing an updated and practical overview of the most relevant methodological aspects and clinical applications in this area. It provides recommendations for the determination of regional, local and systemic of arterial stiffness, and for the noninvasive determination of wave reflections. Clinical applications of arterial stiffness are also discussed.

Keywords: Artery, Arterial stiffness, Hemodynamics, Pathophysiology, Prognosis, Cardiovascular events

 

☆ The full text of this article was originally published in Eur. Heart j. 27(21) November 2006, pp 2588–2605 and this abridged version is published by kind permission of the European Society of Cardiology.

PII: S1872-9312(07)00004-X

doi:10.1016/j.artres.2007.03.003

Artery Research
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 2-12, June 2007

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