The reproducibility of central aortic blood pressure measurements in healthy subjects using applanation tonometry and sphygmocardiography

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 625-629

  Siebenhofer, A ^a   Kemp, C R W ^a   Sutton, A J ^a   Williams, Bryan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Blood pressure; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032818956     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000887     Document Type: Article

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