Predictive value of brachial －ankle pulse wave velocity for early prognosis in patients with acute ische‐mic stroke／ / 心血管康复医学杂志

A lot of researches suggest that brachial －ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV ) is closely associated with large artery stiffness , which has been widely used to assess atherosclerotic severity .Some evidence indicates that baPWV is an independent predictor for occurrence and mortality of cardiovascular events .However , there are few domestic and foreign studies about correlation between baPWV and acute ischemic stroke currently .The present ar‐ticle aimed at expounding predictive value of baPWV for early prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke .