Measurement of pulse wave velocity: Site matters

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Tillin, Therese ^a,c   Chambers, John ^a   Malik, Iqbal ^a   Coady, Emma ^a   Byrd, Sheila ^a   Mayet, Jamil ^a   Wright, Andrew R ^a   Kooner, Jaspal ^a   Shore, Angela ^b   Thom, Simon ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^a   Hughes, Alun ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c International Centre for Circulatory Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcification; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33846114280     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3280115bea     Document Type: Article

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