Reasons for the Decline of Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) in Aortic Valve Stenosis (AVS) [Letter]

Abstract

Koji Takahashi,1 Tomoyuki Yamamoto,1 Kohji Shirai2 1Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Mihama Hospital, Chiba, JapanCorrespondence: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Email [email protected]

Keywords

• cardio-ankle vascular index (cavi)
• aortic valve stenosis (avs)
• masked arterial stiffness
• pulse wave velocity (pwv).