Clinical applications of arterial stiffness; definitions and reference values

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 426-444

  O'Rourke, Michael F ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^b   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^c   Duprez, Daniel ^d   Plante, Gérard E ^e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffening; Compliance; Distensibility; Elastic modulus; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036246185     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02319-6     Document Type: Review

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