Association of a new surrogate of total arterial compliance with left ventricular mass: the SAFAR study

We investigated the association of total arterial compliance (CT) with left ventricular mass (LVM) and hypertrophy (LVH). The study hypothesis was that CT may be better related with LVM compared to the gold-standard regional aortic stiffness.

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Theodore Papaioannou, Athanase Protogerou, Antonis Argyris, Evangelia Aissopou, Eftymia Nasothymiou, Christos Tountas, Petros Sfikakis, Nikolaos Stergiopulos, Dimitrios Tousoulis Source Type: research