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Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010; 135: S4-S14
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249183
Konsensus | Review article
Angiologie
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Arterielle Gefäßsteifigkeit und Pulswellenanalyse

Positionspapier zu Grundlagen, Methodik, Beeinflussbarkeit und ErgebnisinterpretationArterial stiffness and pulse wave analysisConsensus paper on basics, methods and clinical applicationsJ. Baulmann1 , J. Nürnberger1 , J. Slany1 , R. Schmieder1 , A. Schmidt-Trucksäss1 , D. Baumgart1 , P. Cremerius1 , O. Hess1 , K. Mortensen1 , T. Weber1
  • 1Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für Arterielle Gefäßsteifigkeit, Deutschland-Österreich-Schweiz (DeGAG) in Kooperation mit der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Hypertensiologie (ÖGH), der Schweizerischen Hypertonie Gesellschaft (SHG), der International Prevention Organization (IPO), der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nephrologie (DGfN) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Angiologie - Gesellschaft für Gefäßmedizin (DGA)
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23. Februar 2010 (online)

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Schlüsselwörter

Arterielle Gefäßsteifigkeit - Pulswellengeschwindigkeit - PWV - Augmentation - AIx - Zentral-aortaler Blutdruck - Pulsdruckamplifikation - Pulswellenreflexion - kardiovaskuläres Risiko - Endorganschaden - Messmethoden - klinische Anwendung

Keywords

arterial stiffness - pulse wave velocity - PWV - augmentation - AIx - central blood pressure - pulse pressure amplification - pulse wave reflection - cardiovascular risk - target organ damage - methods - clinical application

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Dr. Johannes Baulmann

Medizinische Klinik I, Kardiologie und Angiologie, Universität Würzburg

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