Assessment of large artery function

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 405-413

  Cameron, James D ^a   Gatzka, Christoph D ^b   Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial mechanics; Non invasive; Outcome; Pulse wave velocity; Stiffness; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036965547     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200212000-00004     Document Type: Review

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