Non-contact tonometry synchronized with cardiac rhythm and its relationship with blood pressure

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-391

  Queiros A ^a   Gonzalez Meijome J M ^a   Fernandes, P ^a   Jorge, J ^a   Almeida, J B ^a   Parafita, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; IOP; Non contact tonometry; NT 4000

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART CYCLE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NON CONTACT TONOMETER; NON CONTACT TONOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; SYSTOLE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33745481846     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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