Properties of central arteries in populations of different ethnicity: Ethnicity and central arteries KU Leuven
© 2014 Springer-Verlag London. All rights reserved. Recent studies have established a strong and independent association between central haemodynamics of central arteries and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Evaluation of indices of central arterial stiffness will thus improve cardiovascular risk assessment. While age modifies the structure of the aorta and as such contributes significantly to the changes in the central haemodynamics, ...