Cardiac index (CI) versus cardio ankle vascular index (CAVI) at different degrees of head-up tilt (H

• 作 者: Akeel A. M. H. Zwain Riyadh W.
• 机 构: DepartmentofClinicalPhysiology,DepartmentofNon-InvasiveCardiovascularStudies
• 出 处: 分子和综合生理学期刊(英文)
• 发表日期: 2013年2期
• 关键词: Cardiac INDEX Cardio-Ankle VASCULAR INDEX Atherosclerosis Head-Up TILT Cardiac I

The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a new index of arterial stiffness that can be measured with a VaSera VS-1000 device. An association between certain arterial stiffness indices and cardiac function has been found but has not yet been validated. Th