Publications by authors named "Vlasta Stastna"
Objective: To assess the determination of large artery stiffness and pulse wave reflection in a population sample.
Methods: A 1% random population sample aged 25-65 years was selected in nine districts of the Czech Republic for a survey off cardiovascular risk factors (Czech post-MONICA). Of 891 individual screened in the Pilsen centre in the year 2000, arterial properties were studied in 291 (143 males and 148 females) using the Sphygmocor device.