Segmental arterial stiffness in relation to B-type natriuretic peptide with preserved systolic heart function

• Chih-Hsuan Yen,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chung-Lieh Hung,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ping-Ying Lee,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jui-Peng Tsai,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yau-Huei Lai,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Huang Su,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hung-I Yeh,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Charles Jia-Yin Hou,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Liong Chien

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  * E-mail: klchien@ntu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), National Taiwan University Medical College and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4979-8351

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