Compression of the brachial artery in vivo

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 553-564

  Foran, Timothy G ^a   Sheahan, Noirin F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Brachial artery compression; Pseudo hypertension; Transmural pressure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIAL ARTERY COMPRESSION; CLINICAL PREDICTORS; CONDITION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; IN-VIVO; MEASUREMENTS OF; PSEUDO-HYPERTENSION; TRANSMURAL PRESSURE;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2342587485     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/25/2/012     Document Type: Article

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