Is uric acid a causal risk factor of arterial stiffness in patients with hypertension?

Hypertens Res. 2024 Mar 14. doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-01637-3. Online ahead of print.

Tatsuya Maruhashi¹, Yukihito Higashi^{2

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¹ Department of Cardiovascular Regeneration and Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. maru0512@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Regeneration and Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
³ Division of Regeneration and Medicine, Medical Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.

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Keywords: Arterial stiffness; Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; Hypertension; Uric acid.

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