International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 75-81 , June 2010

Correlation Between Arterial Stiffness Index and Arterial Wave Pattern and Incidence of Stroke

  • Cheuk-Sing Choy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • David Yen-Ju Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tu-Bin Chu

      Affiliations

    • Tu-Bin Chu and the corresponding author contributed equally to this work.
    • Department and Graduate Institute of Business Administration, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wai-Mau Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wai-Mau Choi, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, No. 690, Section 2, Guangfu Road, Husinchu 300, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Yi Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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PII: S1873-9598(10)70027-2

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70027-2

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 75-81 , June 2010

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