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Vascular Stiffness

Vascular Stiffness is a physiological construct denoting the reduced compliance of arterial walls characterized by diminished elasticity and increased resistance to pulsatile blood flow, primarily due to structural and functional alterations in the vascular extracellular matrix and smooth muscle.

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Expert consensus document on arterial stiffness: methodological issues and clinical applications

Stéphane Laurent, Jeremy K. Cockcroft, Luc Van Bortel et al. · European Heart Journal · 2006 · 6K citations · Full text

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Aortic Stiffness Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hypertensive Patients

Stéphane Laurent, Pierre Boutouyrie, Roland Asmar et al. · Hypertension · 2001 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Events

Gary F. Mitchell, Shih‐Jen Hwang, Ramachandran S. Vasan et al. · Circulation · 2010 · 2.2K citations

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Expert consensus document on the measurement of aortic stiffness in daily practice using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity

Luc M. Van Bortel, Stéphane Laurent, Pierre Boutouyrie et al. · Journal of Hypertension · 2012 · 2K citations · Full text

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Recommendations for Improving and Standardizing Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness

Raymond R. Townsend, Ian B. Wilkinson, Ernesto L. Schiffrin et al. · Hypertension · 2015 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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  1. GF
    Gary F. Mitchell

    Norwood Hospital, United States

    41 publications · 8.7K citations

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  2. PB
    Pierre Boutouyrie

    Inserm, France

    43 publications · 16K citations

    33

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  3. CD
    Coen D.A. Stehouwer

    Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands

    46 publications · 3.9K citations

    33

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  4. HT
    Hirofumi Tanaka

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    39 publications · 3.7K citations

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  5. ME
    Michel E. Safar

    Hôpital Broussais, France

    43 publications · 4.3K citations

    29

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  1. Inserm

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    628 publications

    98.4K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    40 h-index

    419 publications

    41K citations

  3. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    35 h-index

    316 publications

    40.2K citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    34 h-index

    260 publications

    34.5K citations

  5. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    30 h-index

    379 publications

    18.7K citations

  6. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    30 h-index

    237 publications

    19.6K citations

  7. Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    203 publications

    23.9K citations

  8. GTx (United States)

    Memphis, United States

    30 h-index

    57 publications

    5.5K citations

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  1. Hypertension

    157 publications · 24.7K citations

    86

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  2. Journal of Hypertension

    157 publications · 11.2K citations

    56

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  3. American Journal of Hypertension

    AJH · 104 publications · 6.3K citations

    49

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  4. Atherosclerosis

    113 publications · 5.9K citations

    47

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