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Practice Guideline
. 2015 Sep;66(3):698-722.
doi: 10.1161/HYP.0000000000000033. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Recommendations for Improving and Standardizing Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Raymond R Townsend, Ian B Wilkinson, Ernesto L Schiffrin, Alberto P Avolio, Julio A Chirinos, John R Cockcroft, Kevin S Heffernan, Edward G Lakatta, Carmel M McEniery, Gary F Mitchell, Samer S Najjar, Wilmer W Nichols, Elaine M Urbina, Thomas Weber; American Heart Association Council on Hypertension
Practice Guideline

Recommendations for Improving and Standardizing Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Raymond R Townsend et al. Hypertension. 2015 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; arterial stiffness; cardiovascular risk; guideline; large arteries; methodology; pulse-wave velocity.

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