BACKGROUND Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) is increasingly used for the measurement of arterial stiffness. In the present study, we quantified the interrelationship between brachial-ankle and carotid-femoral PWV in a workplace population, and investigated the associations with cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). METHODS Brachial-ankle and carotid-fem...

BACKGROUND The populations of many developed countries are becoming progressively older. In aged societies, assessment of total vascular risk is critically important, because old age is usually associated with multiple risks. In this regard, pulse wave velocity (PWV) could be a global cardiovascular marker, since it increases with advancing age, high blood pressure, hyperglycaemia, and other tr...

INTRODUCTION Ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a noninvasive test which employs as a diagnostic marker of atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to investigate the association between ABI and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients on hemodialysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-six patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodi...

BACKGROUND thrombo-embolic complications are important causes of morbidity and mortality after acute stroke. Anticoagulant prophylaxis is contraindicated in intracerebral haemorrhage and not recommended in acute ischaemic stroke because of increased risk of cerebral haemorrhage. Graduated elastic compression stockings are a simple alternative but are not widely used in stroke patients, perhaps ...