Chasing the wave. Unfashionable but important new concepts in arterial wave travel

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 6 53-6, 2003, Pages

  Bleasdale, Robert A ^a   Parker, Kim H ^b   Jones, Christopher J H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPEDANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038105024     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00070.2003     Document Type: Editorial

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