Clinical ResearchVascular DiseaseSex Differences in Arterial Stiffness and Ventricular-Arterial Interactions
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Key Words
aortic stiffness
diastolic dysfunction
echocardiography
sex specific
ventricular-arterial interaction
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AIx
augmentation index
cfPWV
carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity
CI
confidence interval
DBP
diastolic blood pressure
Ea
effective arterial elastance
Ees
left ventricular end-systolic elastance
Ea/Ees
ventricular-arterial coupling ratio
HFpEF
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
LAVI
left atrial volume index
OR
odds ratio
PP
pulse pressure
SBP
systolic blood pressure
SVRI
systemic vascular resistance index
TAC
total arterial compliance
Zc
aortic characteristic impedance
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This work was supported by grants HL89354 and M01 RR00585 from the National Institutes of Health. All authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
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