Arterial stiffness, as measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, is associated with elevated risk for CVD, diabetes, dementia and other adverse long-term outcomes, according to research published in Hypertension. “Increased arterial stiffness is a universal concomitant of aging in Western societies,” Ramachandran S. Vasan, MD, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston
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