Use of radial artery applanation tonometry and a generalized transfer function to determine aortic pressure augmentation in subjects with treated hypertension

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1214-1220

  Cameron, James D ^a,b   Mcgrath, Barry P ^c   Dart, Anthony M ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TONOMETRY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032211121     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00411-2     Document Type: Article

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