Repeatability of non-invasive measurement of intracerebral pulse wave velocity using transcranial Doppler

Clinical Science

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 433-439

  Gladdish, Sarah ^a   Manawadu, Dulka ^a   Banya, Winston ^a   Cameron, James ^b   Bulpitt, Christopher J ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intracerebral artery; Pulse wave velocity; Repeatability coefficient; Transcranial Doppler; Transit time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; R WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EAR, EXTERNAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 18844407256     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20040251     Document Type: Article

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