Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 74-76 , May 2008

Agreement between carotid and radial augmentation index: Does medication status affect the relation?

  • Jun Sugawara

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, D3700 Austin, TX 78712-1204, USA
    • Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, D3700 Austin, TX 78712-1204, USA. Tel.: +1 512 471 8594; fax: +1 512 471 0946.
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  • Hidehiko Komine

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Koichiro Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Mutsuko Yoshizawa

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Takashi Yokoi

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Seiji Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Hirofumi Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, D3700 Austin, TX 78712-1204, USA

Received 20 December 2007 ,Revised 4 March 2008 ,Accepted 7 March 2008.

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☆ Grant support: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad (JS).

PII: S1872-9312(08)00028-8

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2008.03.001

Artery Research
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 74-76 , May 2008

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