Clinical applications of arterial stiffness, task force III: Recommendations for user procedures

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 445-452

  Van Bortel, Luc M ^a,b   Duprez, Daniel ^c   Starmans Kool, Mirian J ^a   Safar, Michel E ^d   Giannattasio, Christina ^e   Cockcroft, John ^f   Kaiser, Daniel R ^g   Thuillez, Christian ^h  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Recommendations; User procedures

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; DEVICE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; STANDARDIZATION; TONOMETRY;

ARTERIES; CARDIOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0036256296     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02326-3     Document Type: Review

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