In HCV-related liver cirrhosis, local pulse wave velocity increases and in decompensated patients correlates with poorer survival

• Chien-Hao Huang,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1689-3221

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• Lung-Sheng Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Wen-Juei Jeng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Yu-Fu Cheng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Internal medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Yu-Shien Ko,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Cardiology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• I-Shyan Sheen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: I-Shyan Sheen, Chun-Yen Lin

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: happy95kevin@gmail.com (ISS); chunyenlin@gmail.com (CYL)

  Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Chun-Yen Lin

  Contributed equally to this work with: I-Shyan Sheen, Chun-Yen Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  * E-mail: happy95kevin@gmail.com (ISS); chunyenlin@gmail.com (CYL)

  Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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