ReviewJournal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis2020
State of the Art Review: Brachial-Ankle PWV.
Review in Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of arterial stiffness and eye disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and prognosis in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2021Pooled it
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- Differential effect of a xanthine oxidase inhibitor on arterial stiffness and carotid atherosclerosis: a subanalysis of the PRIZE study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022Trial
- Association between high-altitude erythrocytosis and arterial stiffness in long-term high-altitude residents.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Improved prognosis prediction of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events by combined assessment of both ankle-brachial index and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in individuals with diabetes: The Kyushu prevention study for atherosclerosis, a prospective, multicenter survey.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2026Article
- Serum Osteoprotegerin Is Associated Independently with Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Chronic Kidney Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development of a new device to measure arterial stiffness and its reliability, and its potential to detect history of cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Association between social isolation and increased arterial stiffness in older adults: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Arterial stiffness and incident chronic kidney disease risk: a two-phase retrospective cohort study.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Positive Correlates of Sclerostin and Association with Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Association of Arterial Velocity Pulse Index and Arterial Pressure-Volume Index with Central Arterial Stiffness and Cardiac Function in the Japanese Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Association between creatinine-to-body weight ratio and arterial stiffness: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Chinese population.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Visceral fat area as a predictor for macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Vascular and autonomic correlates of screening-positive depressive symptom burden in chronic atrophic gastritis: a multicenter observational study protocol.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The gamma-glutamyltransferase-to-estimated glomerular filtration rate composite index is associated with arterial stiffness: a cross-sectional secondary analysis of a health check-up population.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Impact of remnant cholesterol on arterial stiffness and mediating role of systolic blood pressure in chinese hypertensive adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Assessments of Atherosclerosis and Treatment Strategies for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2025Review
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- Association between serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
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Abstract
The brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (brachial-ankle PWV), which is measured simply by wrapping pressure cuffs around the four extremities, is a simple marker to assess the stiffness of the medium- to large- sized arteries. The accuracy and reproducibility of its measurement have been confirmed to be acceptable. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, especially advanced age and high blood pressure, are reported to be associated with an increase of the arterial stiffness. Furthermore, arterial stiffness might be involved in a vicious cycle with the development/progression of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. Increase in the arterial stiffness is thought to contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease via pathophysiological abnormalities induced in the heart, brain, kidney, and also the arteries themselves. A recent independent participant data meta-analysis conducted in Japan demonstrated that the brachial-ankle PWV is a useful marker to predict future cardiovascular events in Japanese subjects without a previous history of cardiovascular disease, independent of the conventional model for the risk assessment. The cutoff point may be 16.0 m/s in individuals with a low risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and 18.0 m/s in individuals with a high risk of CVD and subjects with hypertension. In addition, the method of measurement of the brachial-ankle PWV can also be used to calculate the inter-arm systolic blood pressure difference and ankle-brachial pressure index, which are also useful markers for cardiovascular risk assessment.
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