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Abridged version of the expert consensus document on arterial stiffness

Artery Research volume 1, pages 2–12 (2007)Cite this article

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In recent years great emphasis has been placed on the role of arterial stiffness in the development of cardiovascular diseases. The present article is an abridged version of an expert consensus document reporting the proceedings of several meetings of the European Network for Non Invasive Investigation of Large Arteries, and providing an updated and practical overview of the most relevant methodological aspects and clinical applications in this area. It provides recommendations for the determination of regional, local and systemic of arterial stiffness, and for the noninvasive determination of wave reflections. Clinical applications of arterial stiffness are also discussed.

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  1. Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM U 652, Department of Pharmacology and Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France

    Stephane Laurent & Pierre Boutouyrie

  2. Cardiology Department, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    John Cockcroft

  3. Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

    Luc Van Bortel

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Milano-Bicocca University, Monza, Italy

    Cristina Giannattasio

  5. Service of Angiology, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Hayoz

  6. Department of Nephrology, Manhes Hospital, Fleury-Merogis, France

    Bruno Pannier

  7. Cardiovascular and Sexual Health Unit, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Charalambos Vlachopoulos

  8. Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    Ian Wilkinson

  9. Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Harry Struijker-Boudier

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The full text of this article was originally published in Eur. Heart j. 27(21) November 2006, pp 2588–2605 and this abridged version is published by kind permission of the European Society of Cardiology.

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Laurent, S., Cockcroft, J., Van Bortel, L. et al. Abridged version of the expert consensus document on arterial stiffness. Artery Res 1, 2–12 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2007.03.003

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