Amplitude and timing of central aortic pressure wave reflections in heart transplant recipients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 809-815

  Schofield, Richard S ^a,b,c   Schuler, Brian T ^a   Edwards, David G ^a   Aranda Jr , Juan M ^a   Hill, James A ^a   Nichols, Wilmer W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Box 100277 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Heart transplant; Hypertension; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RECIPIENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036724739     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(02)02968-0     Document Type: Article

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