Clinical value of aortic pulse-wave velocity measurement

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9178, 1999, Pages 528-529

  Lehmann, Eldon D ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0033554184     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00179-8     Document Type: Note

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