Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 140-151 , May 2008

Beyond blood pressure: Arterial stiffness as a new biomarker of cardiovascular disease

  • Stanley S. Franklin, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FASN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Stanley S. Franklin, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FASN, Heart Disease Prevention Program, C-240 Medical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California. Tel: 310-472-8743; fax: 310-472-9974.

Received 16 August 2007 ,Accepted 7 September 2007.

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 Dr. Franklin is on the Speakers Bureau for Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Merck, and a Consultant for AtCor Medical, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

PII: S1933-1711(07)00194-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.09.002

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 140-151 , May 2008

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