Clinical validation of an automatic device measuring blood pressure in the fingers

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Arosio, E ^a   Zannoni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure determination, instrumentation; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0033146399     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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