Photoplethysmography can replace hand-held Doppler in the measurement of ankle/brachial indices

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 96-98

  Whiteley, M S ^a,b   Fox, A D ^a,b   Horrocks, M ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peripheral vascular disease; Photoplethysmography (PPG); Pressure indices (ABPI)

Indexed keywords

ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HALLUX; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TIBIAL ARTERY;

ANKLE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; LEG; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031905918     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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