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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2018 Nov 20;65(1):108–118. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.287623

Table 1.

Measurement of Central Pulse Wave Velocity

Technology Arterial Segment Example Studies
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Aorta, including the aortic arch The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (34)
Tonometry Carotid-Femoral, Carotid-Radial The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study,(68) Framingham Heart Study, (Investigations Préventives et Cliniques,(3) Cardiovascular health in adolescents with type 1 diabetes,(29) Whitehall-II (8)
Ultrasound Aorta-Femoral, Carotid-Femoral, Carotid (single-point) Bogalusa Heart Study ,(39) Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging ,(69) SardiNIA,(25) The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Heart (27)
Oscillometry Brachial-Ankle, Carotid-Femoral, Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), Brachial (single-point) The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (68)
Photoplethysmography Carotid-Radial, Carotid-Ankle Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project (70)
Impedance Cardiography Heart-Popliteal Young Finns Study (71)