In a previous work, including more than 1000 children and teenagers, we provided reference values for pulse wave velocity (PWV), thereby constituting a suitable tool for longitudinal clinical studies ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. However, PWV although relevant is not the sole determinant of the timing and consequences of the reflected waves. Ventricular ejection, the ...

Since the aorta is the major component of arterial elasticity, the carotid-femoral PWV offers the simplest reproducible and noninvasive evaluation of regional stiffness. This measurement allows the ...

An international team has created the first comprehensive reference measurements for blood vessel stiffness in healthy young people, a step that could give pediatric and adolescent clinics a ...

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated that PhysioWave connects to the user's smartphone. It has been updated to state the system uses a dedicated tablet interface. University of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Arterial stiffness, as measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, is associated with elevated risk for CVD ...

Withings, now owned by Nokia, has introduced its new Body Cardio, a smart scale that is available through both Withings own website and Apple Stores. Withings boasts that its Body Cardio brings a ...

Drink lots of water. Keep going to yoga. Use your standing desk more often. We know these habits are good for our health, but for a long time now, one practice has proven to help us actually lose ...

The sleek and stylish Withings Body Cardio seems to be able to do it all. From measuring weight and body composition to even attempting to determine overall cardiovascular health -- but it doesn't ...

A scale is an odd thing to review. For one thing, it's one of the few gadgets you have to be completely naked to test. It also sends you down a rabbit hole of fitness tech, with too many apps and too ...

This Wi-Fi scale helps you manage your weight and keep an eye on your heart health with data and graphs galore, but its $180 price tag is steep for a scale. I was fine with my dumb digital scale. It ...

Nokia has announced that it will be disabling the headline of feature of its Body Cardio scale in a software update. The scale was sold with the ability to track Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV), essentially ...