Comparison of techniques for measuring pulse-wave velocity in the rat

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Mitchell, Gary F ^a,b   Pfeffer, Marc A ^a   Finn, Peter V ^a   Pfeffer, Janice M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; blood pressure; computer analysis; Fourier analysis; hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

METHOXAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031033835     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.203     Document Type: Article

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