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
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 56 09 39 91; fax: +33 1 56 09 39 92.
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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.

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    Measurement of carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity with the foot-to-foot method (from Ref. 1).

    Measurement of carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity with the foot-to-foot method (from Ref. 1).

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    Local arterial distensibility. A: Simultaneous recording of stroke changes in BP and diameter. B: Pressure–diameter curve. C: Calculation of distensibility. D: Schematic representation of the stroke c

    Local arterial distensibility. A: Simultaneous recording of stroke changes in BP and diameter. B: Pressure–diameter curve. C: Calculation of distensibility. D: Schematic representation of the stroke change (ΔA) in lumen cross-sectional area (LCSA). From Ref. 1.

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    Augmentation index. Carotid pressure waveform is recorded by applanation tonometry. The height of the late systolic peak (P1) above the inflection (P2) defines the augmentation pressure, and the ratio

    Augmentation index. Carotid pressure waveform is recorded by applanation tonometry. The height of the late systolic peak (P1) above the inflection (P2) defines the augmentation pressure, and the ratio of augmentation pressure to PP defines the augmentation index (AIx, in percent) (from Ref. 1).

☆ 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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