Measurement of limb venous compliance in humans: Technical considerations and physiological findings

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1555-1563

  Halliwill, John R ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a   Joyner, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Orthostasis; Sympathetic nervous system; Unstressed volume

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SILASTIC;

ACCURACY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG VEIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDING; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0032821251     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1555     Document Type: Article

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