Instrument for the non-invasive evaluation of human arterial endothelial function via measurement of changes in the transit time of an artificial pulse

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3133-3136

  Maltz, Jonathan S ^a   Budinger, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Flow mediated dilation; Pulse transit time; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY;

ACTUATORS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CORRELATION METHODS; DELAY CIRCUITS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HYPOTHERMIA; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SOLENOIDS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 1542300763     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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