A bimonthly publication part of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology portfolio of journals connected with ABC Cardiol publishing national and international scientific production in the field of cardiovascular sciences.
ISSN 2359-4802
eISSN 2359-5647
Rafael de Oliveira Alvim, Paulo Caleb Junior Lima Santos, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, José Geraldo Mill, Alexandre da Costa Pereira
Rafael de Oliveira Alvim, Paulo Caleb Junior Lima Santos, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, José Geraldo Mill, Alexandre da Costa Pereira
DOI: 10.5935/2359-4802.20170053
Abstract Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main cause of mortality and it represents a significant percentage of hospitalizations. In the scenario of minimization of costs of the health system, methods that identify subclinical CVD would be important. Some guidelines include the measures of aortic stiffness and intima-media thickness of the carotid artery as methods to identify subclinical CVD in hypertensive patients. The pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the gold standard for the evaluation of arterial stiffness. In this review, we […]
Keywords: Vascular stiffness; polymorphism; heritability; pathophysiology