REFERENCE VALUES OF AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN A LARGE HEALTHY POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 3 AND18 YEARS

• Published in: Pediatricheskai͡a︡ farmakologii͡a︡ : nauchno-prakticheskiĭ zhurnal Soi͡u︡za pediatrov Rossii Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 72 - 78
• Main Authors: Hidvegi, Erzsebet Valeria, Illyes, M., Benczur, B., Bocskei, Renata M., Ratgeber, L., Lenkey, Z., Molnar, Ferenc T., Cziraki, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Union of pediatricians of Russia 01.04.2013
• Subjects: aorta; arteriograph; blood pressure; children and adolescents; pulse wave velocity

Objective: The measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVao) is an accepted marker in stratifying individual cardiovascular risk in adults. There is an increasing volume of evidence concerning impaired vascular function in different diseases in paediatric populations, but, unfortunately, only a...