Arterial Stiffness Mapping

[...]normal and reference values derived from a large population of more than 16,500 individuals are now available (10). [...]rightfully so, the recent 2013 European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension (5) recommend the assessment of cfPWV for the detection of subclinical organ damage in hypertensive individuals by using the 10 m/s value for the low-risk limit (when the cf distance is assessed as 80% of the direct distance between the 2 arterial sites) (Class IIa, Level of Evidence: B) (4,5). [...]as a self-fulfilling prophecy, these local indexes could show a preferential association between site-specific arterial stiffening and CVD subtypes (e.g., carotid artery stiffening and stroke; aortic stiffening and myocardial infarction).