Pulse transit time as an indirect marker for variations in cardiovascular related reactivity

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-108

  Foo, Jong Yong Abdiel ^a   Chu, Sing Lim ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arterial distensibility; Blood pressure; Cardiac diseases; Electrocardiogram; Photoplethysmography; Pulsation

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; PULSE WAVE; R WAVE; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 33646751684     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2006-14205     Document Type: Review

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