Validation of a new non-invasive portable tonometer for determining arterial pressure wave and pulse wave velocity: The PulsePen device

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2285-2293

  Salvi, Paolo ^a   Lio, Giuseppe ^b   Labat, Carlos ^c   Ricci, Enrico ^d   Pannier, Bruno ^e   Benetos, Athanase ^c  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Stud Progettazione Elettron G   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Centre d'Investigations Preventives et Cliniques   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Arterial tonometry; Blood pressure; Compliance; Pulse; Pulse wave velocity; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; R WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TONOMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10244250292     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200412000-00010     Document Type: Article

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