Arterial stiffness in acute COVID-19 and potential associations with clinical outcome.

Sebastian SchnaubeltJ OppenauerD TihanyiM MuellerE Maldonado-GonzalezS ZejnilovicH HaslacherT PerkmannR StrasslS AndersT StefenelliS ZehetmayerR KoppensteinerH DomanovitsO Schlager

Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2021)

COVID-19 appears to be related to an enhanced PWV reflecting an increase in arterial stiffness. Higher PWV might be related to an increased length of hospital stay and mortality.

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