23.09.2010.
Review article
Clinical Implication of Pulse Wave Analysis
Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a useful marker of target organ damage in hypertensive patients. It is used as a gold standard because of large body of evidence demonstrating its association with incident cardiovascular disease independently of traditional risk factors. Central blood pressure values (systolic, diastolic blood pressure, augmentation in...
By Rok Accetto, Barbara Salobir, Jana Brguljan, Karla Rener