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- Title
Pulse Wave Velocity in Persons with Vascular Dementia.
- Authors
Mizushima, Yutaka; Oobasawa, Hiromi; Yoshida, Satoshi; Irie, Hirofumi; Urata, Tomoyuki; Shimoda, Hajime
- Abstract
Presents a letter describing a study done to investigate the arterial stiffness in persons with vascular dementia. Use of an instrument called pulse wave velocity and ankle brachial index manufactured by Nihon Colin Corp. to measure the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; Usefulness of measuring pulse wave velocity in predicting cerebrovascular disease.
- Subjects
DEMENTIA; VASCULAR diseases; PULSE wave analysis; CEREBROVASCULAR disease diagnosis
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003, Vol 51, Issue 9, p1329
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.514208.x