{"title":"Arterial stiffness: a simplified overview in vascular medicine.","authors":"Michel E Safar","doi":"10.1159/000096699","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arterial elasticity is a common index of medical semiology, easier to understand than blood pressure measurement. This chapter summarizes the most classical aspects which are important to understand in vascular medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":50954,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Cardiology","volume":"44 ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000096699","citationCount":"43","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Cardiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000096699","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Arterial elasticity is a common index of medical semiology, easier to understand than blood pressure measurement. This chapter summarizes the most classical aspects which are important to understand in vascular medicine.