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From: HIV is an independent predictor of aortic stiffness

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Calculating pulse wave velocity. A. Distance Δx was taken as the total distance between A (ascending aorta) and C (abdominal aorta). This was calculated using the sum of the distances between the centre points of lines drawn at 45°, 90° and 135° to the scan level. B. Aortic flow/time curves used to calculate the arrival times of aortic pulse waveform. Δt represents the time (m/s) between the intercepts (b-a) of the tangents to the curve at the half maximal point of flow in the ascending aorta (a) and the abdominal aorta (b).

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