Estimation of arterial mechanics in clinical practice and as a research technique

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-294

  Cameron, James ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Blood pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032951845     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03032.x     Document Type: Review

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