Hemodynamic Significance of High Brachial Pulse Pressure in Young Men

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-207

  Alfie, José ^a   Majul, Claudio ^b   Paez, Olga ^b   Galarza, Carlos ^a   Waisman, Gabriel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Santojanni Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Peripheral amplification; Pulse pressure; Stroke volume; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CIRCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 1942533382     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-120030229     Document Type: Article

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