Brachial and central arterial pressure [1]

Hypertension

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  O'Rourke, Michael F ^a   Nichols, Wilmer W ^b   Safar, Michel E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33746005897     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000225733.56152.12     Document Type: Letter

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